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MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE
DENTAL REPORT
Sessions were haid each Friday afternoon and at such other times
as circumstances demanded, the total number of sessions being 65.
The attendances were 549, compared with 523 in 1947.
Summary of Treatment.
Adults. Infants.
Attendances 315 234
Number treated 120 127
Extractions 273 67
Fillings 52 163
Dressings 75 95
Silver Nitrate - 47
Scalings 12 -
Nitrous Oxide 65 21
Ethyl Chloride - 8
Local Injections 32 -
Impressions, etc. 95 -
Dentures 32 -
Repairs to Dentures 2 -
DAY NURSERIES
Both Nurseries have been booked to capacity, and there have
been waiting lists for admission, particularly for children under two
years of age.
Considerable difficulty has been experienced in keeping domestic
staff, and the Matrons and the Nurses are to be congratulated on the
way they have overcome these difficulties and the high standard of
care and welfare they have maintained.
The attendances have been affected from time to time by minor
illnesses and during the outbreak of Poliomyelitis one Nursery was
closed for three weeks.
Dr. H. Mack has supervised the health of the children in attendance
and has carried out immunisation against Diphtheria and
Whooping Cough.
As from the 1st April, 1946, the Kent Education Committee
assumed financial responsibility for the children aged 2 to 5 years,
at the Springfield Nursery, by establishing Nursery Classes for these
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