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Dental Clinics.
With the opening of One Tree Hill clinic, and, in due course,
Stag Lane clinic, the Council were able to terminate their lease
of la Bridge Road. These two clinics now provide treatment
conveniently for the northern and southern parts of the
Borough, but the district will not be fully served until dental
service be provided also in the central London Road clinic.
In no part of the health services is it more clearly shown
that if a service be appropriately given it will be appreciated by
the public. The rise in the figures is shown below, but improvements
in health and the value of a service as regards preventive
medicine cannot be shown by figures.
The routine examination by the Medical Officers always
includes dental inspection and an individual talk on the necessity
of dental care, while there is constant consultation between the
Medical Officers and the Dental Officer at the clinics.
The equipment provided in the dental surgeries is complete.
A dental chair with childrens' attachment, spittoon, electric
engine, lights, cabinet with full equipment of instruments,
electric sterilizers, gas apparatus and all appropriate drugs,
oxygen, etc., are provided. In the recovery rooms spittoons
fitted with running water, chairs and recovery couch are pro. vided.