Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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The decay of the incisor teeth is usually caused by the use of a dummy, but
is not so serious as the decay of the molars.
From three years children attend nursery schools, but it is better for them to
attend a Maternity dental clinic until five years with their mothers.
Manage Clink.
Treatments numbering 672 were given at 90 clinics by trained masseuses, the cost
of whose services was not paid by the Borough Council.
Camden Town Centre, Barnes House, Camden Road.
22 mothers and 34 children were sent away on holiday, for a period of two weeks,
either to the country or seaside.
Interviews with parents by the Superintendent, apart from medical consultations,
numbered 1,821.
Classes for expectant mothers numbering 8 were held simultaneously with the antenatal
clinics. There were 165 attendances, the average being 20 per class.
Knitting and Needlework classes and Health Talks were given, the total attendances
being 687.
The services of two trained masseuses (not paid by the Borough Council) were
available throughout the year, during which time 78 massage clinics were held. There were
854 attendances.
Dinners for Mothers and Children.—These were supplied daily at the Centre to 3,551
expectant and nursing mothers and 1,868 children, at a charge of 2d. per head.
The Borough Council's Dental Clinic.
At this clinic dental treatment is provided, under the Maternity and Child Welfare
Scheme, for nursing or expectant mothers and children under five years of age who are in
touch with the various Welfare Centres. Mr. R. M. Underwood, L.D.S., is the Dental
Surgeon.
Consultations are held every Thursday morning for examinations, fillings, etc., and
for extractions with gas on alternate Friday mornings.
No charge is made for extractions, fillings or scaling, but the patients contribute what
they can reasonably afford toward the cost of dentures.