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Barking 1944

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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(6) DENTAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT.
The Dental Services, amongst others, have been
considerably affected by the available man power,
and although all possible steps have been taken to
make-up for this deficiency, it has been necessary to
curtail these services, with a consequent fall in the
number of patients dealt with.
There were 6,649 attendances under your public
Adult Dental Scheme, the number in the previous
year being 8,019—somewhat over one half of these
6,649 attendances were at evening sessions.

Table: Statistics as to the cases dealt with in the years 1943 and 1944, under your Public Adult and Maternity and Child Welfare Dental Schemes are as follows:—

Statistics as to the cases dealt with in the years 1943 and 1944, under your Public Adult and Maternity and Child Welfare Dental Schemes are as follows:—

SchemeYear ended 31st Dec., 1943Year ended 31st Dee., 1944
(a) Number of Visits of Patients to Clinics10,2667,977
{b) Number of Dentures Supplied1,6701,363