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Dental Clinic.—At this Clinic dental treatment is provided
for mothers (nursing or expectant) and children up to the age of
five who attend the Maternity and Child Welfare Centres in the
Borough. In certain cases mothers not nursing, but with children
under one year of age, receive treatment.
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 Thursday afternoons. Appropriate cases are referred to the
dentist by the Child Welfare Medical Officer and the Health
Visitors.
The treatment given and charges are as follows :—
No charge is made for advice.
Scaling and other simple treatment, Is. per attendance.
Extractions with local anaesthetic, Is. 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, 319. Children, 149. Total 468
No of Attendances : Mothers, 593. Children, 273. Total 866
No. of Sessions 100
No of Sessions when Anaesthetics given 25
No of Gas Anaesthetics given 173
The costs for the financial year, 1937, are as follows :—
f, s- d.
Fee to British Dental Hospital 200 0 0
Anaesthetist's Fee 21 2 0
Cost of Dentures 9013 0
311 15 0
Receipts for Treatment and Dentures 72 3 0
Total amount paid by Borough Council 239 12 0
Dentures costing £18 were provided free of charge to 8 necessitous
mothers during the year.
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