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It has been the custom at this Clinic in the past to allow 6 months
to elapse after multiple extractions before the fitting of dentures.
Thus patients receiving treatment in the latter half of the year will
not be shown as receiving dentures in the figures below.
There has been considerable increase in the number of under-age
children treated, the number being doubled as compared with last
year.
The administration of nitrous oxide gas by nasal apparatus has
proved of considerable advantage both to the patient and the
operator.
In conclusion, the improvement of the service and the gratifying
improvement in the number of patients is in no small measure due
to the sympathetic activities of the medical officers concerned,
the Health Visitors and the Nursing Staff; but it should be borne
in mind that the service to be complete should be one in which
dental treatment is a compulsory benefit for those seeking the other
advantages offered by the Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
W. H. FOY, L.D.S., R.C.S., (Eng.).