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Dental Health Education
For the second year running, it has not been possible to do much in the way of group dental
health education, because of the school rebuilding programme. This has now been completed,
with resulting excellent improvements in amenities, including the medical room. Individual
instruction has of course been carried out in the surgery during this time and in 1970 it should
be possible to return to group dental health education with associated projects.
F luoridation
Despite government encouragement, fluoridation remains but a distant objective on the
horizon. Meanwhile, millions of school hours are lost and much anguish incurred, both of which
could have been avoided.
In the meantime, year succeeds year, in which fluoridated water has been drunk by millions
throughout the world, without any independently substantiated ill effects, and surely, these if
they exist, would have become apparent by now.
Government legislation would seem to be the only means by which the majority of persons
throughout the Country, can be given the benefit of fluoridation, at present denied to them by a
minority.
St. Bartholomew's Hospital
As in previous years, it can be stated that it would be difficult to provide the service which
is given here without the highly skilled assistance so freely and courteously given by all
departments, and in particularly by the Dental Department, at St. Bartholomew's.
WELFARE SERVICES
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT 1948 PART III
Section 21 (i)(a) - Residential accommodation
Residential care and accommodation continue to be provided to a Iimited extent at "Hillside'',
St. John's Way, N.I9 (owned by the London Borough of Islington) in accordance with the planned
reduction in numbers, necessary because of its forthcoming closure. Other placements are sought
in voluntary residential homes, including the Salvation Army Rawson Home. The number of
applications for accommodation is small, but steady, and no change in this pattern is anticipated
in the near future, but the possibility of increased demand as the population of the City increases
must be borne in mind.
'Hillside'
1968 1969
Persons accommodated at end of the year 9 6
Voluntary Homes
1968 1969
Persons accommodated at the end of year
Rawson Home 22 22
Other homes 10 9
Section 21 (i)(b) — Temporary Accommodation for Homeless Families
During the year the following cases were helped:-
1968 1969
Families referred to the department 8 Families comprising 8 Families comprising
24 persons 29 persons
Families (of those above) accepted
for rehousing NIL 2
Other homeless persons given advice
or referred to hostels 8 14
Of the 8 families above temporary
accommodation was provided in 5 cases 5 cases
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