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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Barking 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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(6) DENTAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT.
Your dental services have again been considerably
affected by the difficulty in getting dentists, and
although all possible steps have been taken to overcome
this difficulty, it has been necessary to curtail these
services and there has been a further fall in the number
of patients treated.
There were 5,957 attendances under your public
Adult Dental Scheme, the number in the previous
year being 6,649.

Table: Statistics as to the cases dealt with in the years 1944 and 1945, under your Public Adult anc Maternity and Child Welfare Dental Schemes are as follows :—

Statistics as to the cases dealt with in the years 1944 and 1945, under your Public Adult anc Maternity and Child Welfare Dental Schemes are as follows :—

SchemeYear ended 31st Dec., 1944Year ended 31st Dec., 1945
(a) Number of Visits of Patients to Clinics7,9777,705
(b) Number of Dentures Supplied1,3631,144