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(b) To children under 1 year of age :—
First visits 1,513
Total visits 7,258
(c) To children between the ages of 1 and 5
years :—
Total visits 9,736
(d) Visits not included above :—
Children Act—Infant Life Protection 322
Whooping cough 37
Puerperal pyrexia 1
The number of children between the ages of 1 and 5 visited in
their homes by health visitors was 9,736, an increase of 423 over
the number of such children visited during the previous year.
Dental Treatment.
In January, 1933, the Medical Officer of Health was directed
to submit to the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee a scheme
for the provision of dentures for expectant and nursing mothers.
After consideration of the report of the Medical Officer of Health,
the Maternity and Child Welfare Authority approved the following
scheme for adoption.
1. That the provision be limited to expectant and nursing mothers
referred by the Clinic Medical Officer for dental treatment by the Council's
Dental Surgeon, and recommended by the latter for the provision of
dentures.
2. That patients requiring dentures be offered choice of treatment by
one of the local dental practitioners on the Council's approved list.
3. That the Council's approved list of dental practitioners contain
only the names of duly qualified dental surgeons in possession of a registrable
dental qualification.
4. That the Council reserves the right to add names to or remove
names from the approved list.
5. That the payment for such services be based on the national scale
of fees chargeable by dental practitioners for dentures supplied to insured
persons under the provisions of the National Health Insurance (Dental
Benefit) Regulations, 1930, viz.:—
£ s. d.
Maximum fee for upper or lower denture 2 15 0
Maximum fee for upper and lower dentures 5 10 0