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MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFAREDENTAL
SCHEME.
The depletion of staff in the last quarter of the year
had its adverse consequences upon the dental care of the
expectant and nursing mother and pre-school children,
there being an overall drop both in attendances and in
treatment provided compared with the previous year. It
is to be hoped that staffing difficulties will not prevent
an extension of this service in 1948 in view of the implementation
of the National Health Service Act with its
special emphasis upon dental care for the priority groups.
A growing number of expectant mothers attending
the Council's health centres are interested in dental health,
both for themselves and for their coming offspring. The
dental staff find great interest in the work for this group,
many of the now expectant mothers having been regular
attenders while at school, and the community spirit
thereby engendered ensures the best, possible stimulation
of interest in the dental care of the coming population."