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PREMATURE INFANTS AND
ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN
The arrangements for dealing with these are the same as
described in previous reports. Only 3 premature children died
and of 60 illegitimate children born in 1946 none died.
DENTAL TREATMENT
There has been in recent years a steady increase in the
number of expectant and nursing mothers and pro-school children
attending for dental inspection and treatment, and in the year
1946 the numbers were greater than could be accommodated in
the three sessions per week allocated to this work.
In order to avoid any serious encroachment on the sessions
set aside for school children it became necessary during the
latter part of 1946 to exclude nursing mothers from the dental
scheme.
If the policy of providing a complete dental service for
these patients is to be re-established it will Too necessary
to arrange for an additional dental session each week.

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