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Since April 1st, when the scheme first came into operation,
130 patients have booked for admission.
Dental Treatment of Nursing and Expectant Mothers and
Children under Five Years of Age.
Number treated, 75.
Extraction under nitrous oxide, 72.
Extractions under local anaesthetics, 67.
Nitrous oxide was administered by the Medical Officer of
Health on 21 occasions.
Fillings, 27.
Sessions, 7.
A large number of nursing and expectant mothers, in spite of
the doctors' urging, shrink from submitting themselves to dental
treatment. Old prejudices die hard, and the idea that the shock
will cause them to abort or stop the flow of milk is difficult to
eradicate. Likewise they hold that while they have no pain it is
foolish to court it. Tradition associates the dentist with pain,
and they are slow to accept assurances that the day of painless
dentistry has arrived.
MILK.
The interviewing of applicants and the granting of milk is
conducted by the Ladies' Sub-Committee, which, until her resignation
in October, was presided over by Mrs. Underwood, since
when Mrs. Carr has been appointed Chairman.

It was resolved in April to give applicants for milk the choice
of fresh or dried milk, Glaxo or Vilactogen.