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DENTAL TREATMENT.
The dental treatment of mothers and of young children was
carried out at all the Centres, with the exception of mothers in
the Hanwell area as the Centre at Mattock Lane is in a better
position to deal with mothers than the Cherington House Centre.
The number of new mothers treated was slightly larger than
that in the previous year. The forms of treatment were, as usual,
scaling and extractions, and fillings wherever possible ; fitting
artificial dentures whenever a number of teeth were extracted
and the treatment of gum conditions in acute and chronic gingivitis.
Altogether, 594 mothers and 324 children were treated.
The number of mothers supplied with full and partial dentures
amounted to 144.
CHILD LIFE PROTECTION.
The work of supervision of foster mothers, carried out by the
Health Visitors who have all been appointed Child Protection
Visitors, is summarized in the following table :—
Number of children on the register at the beginning of the
year 96
(Number of fostermothers having care of the above
children, 79).
Number of children registered during the year 55
Number of children removed from register during year 73
Number of children on register at end of year 78
(Number of fostermothers having care of the above
children, 53).
Number of visits made by Health Visitors 406