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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

Hendon 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]

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Table: TABLE XIII.

TABLE XIII.

Dressings1,643Inlays5
Silver Nitrate applications to temporary teeth571Splints for injured teeth10
Scalings356X - Ray investigations196
Cleaning and Polishing237Advice only2,021
Minor dental operations, e.g., Frænoplasties, , apicectomies,, etc.67Dentures constructed following accidents to teeth20

Table: ORTHODONTIC SCHEME. TABLE XIV.

ORTHODONTIC SCHEME. TABLE XIV.

Attendances3,740Appliances fitted442
New Cases298Cases completed53

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MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE—DENTAL
SCHEME:
The National Health Services Act, 1946, Part III, para.
22 (i) stated "it shall be the duty of every local health
authority to make arrangements for the care, including in
particular dental care, of expectant and nursing mothers, and
of children who have not attained the age of five years and
are not attending primary schools maintained by a local
education authority."
From the foregoing it may be assumed that the Act
envisages in the future a scheme of dental care for expectant
and nursing mothers and pre-school children on similarly
systematic lines of routine inspection and early treatment as