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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Tower Hamlets 1972

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]

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DENTAL CARE FOR THE PRIORITY CLASSES
Section 22 of the National Health Service Act 1946 puts local authorities under an
obligation to provide dental care for children not yet at school and for nursing and
expectant mothers. The same dental officers and dental auxiliaries who treat school
children in the school health service carry out this part of their work in the same
clinics and at the same time as they treat the school children under the school dental
service. This arrangement for mixing sessions to enable the family to attend together,has
proved popular and is available at every dental surgery. Dental Auxiliaries trained to
treat very young children as a speciality attend to the majority of pre-school children.
Statistics are on page 61.

Table: WELFARE FOODS AND VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTSThe distribution of dried milk, cod liver oil, orange juice and vitamin tablets on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Security, continued at the Council's clinic Centres. Issues during the year (value £1,073) included:-

WELFARE FOODS AND VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTS

The distribution of dried milk, cod liver oil, orange juice and vitamin tablets on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Security, continued at the Council's clinic Centres. Issues during the year (value £1,073) included:-

National Dried MilkTins3,407
Cod Liver Oilbott1es54
Orange Juicebottles896
Vitamin Tabletspackets1,413
Vitamin Dropsbot11es5,351

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