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Dental Treatment.
10 extraction sessions were held, at which 136 children were
treated and 153 mothers, making a total of 324 attendances. A
charge is made for each case (not per attendance), the amount
depending upon the financial circumstances of the family. The
amount received was £12 2s. 3d., and the nett cost of this service
was £35 5s. Id.
Dentures are provided, usually only to those cases referred from
the ante-natal clinic. The amount recovered as patients' contributions
was £12 19s. 9d. leaving a sum of £168 3s. 6d. as the cost
to the Council.
Convalescent Home.
20 mothers and children were admitted to convalescent homes
at a cost of £156 lls. 8d.
The demand for convalescent home treatment has shown a
marked increase recently and I am pleased to say that the
Committee has authorised an additional amount in the estimates
for this purpose. It will be apparent that many debilitating
illnesses are cleared up and normal health re-established after a
period of stay at convalescent homes. There are many such
homes and each individual case is considered, and a home suitable
for the disease from which the patient is recovering is sought before
the final selection is made. Close co-operation with the local
branch of the Invalid Children's Aid Association has been
maintained for this purpose and I am pleased to record our thanks
to this Association for their valuable help.
Other Provisions.
One child under 5 years of age was supplied with spectacles
at a cost of 8s. 6d.
One child was maintained at the Royal Sea Bathing Hospital,
Margate, at a cost of £90 4s. 2d.
Ante-Natal Services.
Ante-Natal Clinics: During the year two weekly ante-natal
sessions were held at the Becontree Clinic, two at the Dagenham
Clinic, and one at the Five Elms Out-Patients Department. It