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St Pancras 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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The illustration below shews a number of children undergoing treatment:—
Reproduced by kind permission of "The Municipal Journal."
The Borough Council's Dental Clinic, 40, Argyle Square.—At this, dental
treatment is provided for the mothers and children attending the various Maternity and Child
"Welfare Centres.
No charge is made for extractions, fillings or scalings; but the patients are required to
contribute what they can reasonably afford towards the cost of dentures.
Consultations have been held twice weekly, and the work done is summarised in the following table:—
| Number of Clinics | .. | 96 |
| „ with nitrous oxide anæsthesia | .. | 24 |
| ,, of new cases (mothers) | 221 | 366 |
| „ ,, (children) | 145 | |
| Total number of attendances (mothers) | 1284 | 1757 |
| „ „ (children) | 473 | |
| Number of attendances for extractions under nitrous oxide | .. | 306 |
| ,, ,, „ local anaesthesia | .. | 118 |
| „ „ when fillings and dressings were done | .. | 300 |
| „ „ „ scalings were done | .. | 67 |
| ,, „ for impressions, fitting dentures, &c. | .. | 490 |
| „ „ „ examinations and advice | .. | 477 |
| Actual number of fillings and dressings | .. | 434 |
During the year 83 patients were fitted with dentures. The total cost of these was
£284 6s., of which £176 3s. 6d. was paid by the mothers themselves, £36 by the Borough