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Arrangements are made with the British Dental Hospital to
equip and maintain a Dental Surgery on the Council's premises,
"Barton House," and to provide, direct and supervise a dentist
at an inclusive charge of £200 yearly.
Two sessions weekly are now held, on Wednesday mornings
and afternoons. Appropriate cases are referred to the dentist by
the Child Welfare Medical Officer, the physician attending the
Pre-natal Clinic, and occasionally the Health Visitors.
The treatment given and charges are as follows:—
No charge is made for advice.
Scaling and other simple treatment, 1s. per attendance.
Extractions with local anaesthetic, 1s. per extraction.
Gas extractions, 2s. 6d.
Dentures, complete set, £4; partial sets pro rata.
The work done during the year is summarised as follows:—
No. of New Cases: Mothers, 175. Children, 131. Total 306
No. of Attendances: Mothers, 747. Children, 311. Total 1,058
No. of Sessions 106
No. of Sessions when Anaesthetics given 24
No. of Gas Anaesthetics given 130
The costs for the financial year, 1936, are as follows:—
£ s. d.
Fee to British Dental Hospital 200 0 0
Anaesthetist's Fee 16 6 6
Cost of Dentures 36 0 0
£252 6 6
Receipts for Treatment and Dentures 68 17 0
Total amount paid by Borough Council £183 9 6
Instruction Classes for mothers conducted by the Health
Visitors, held weekly, are popular and a most useful means of
educating mothers in the principles of mothercraft.
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