Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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includes also preventive measures, such extraction work as
contributes to the preservation of the dentition as a whole,
and any mechanical devices necessary to regulate the teeth.
"6. A school nurse, or other attendant, should be
present to assist the dentist at the time of treatment.
"7. General anæsthetics, if required, should in all
cases be administered by one of the Authority's medical
officers, or by some other qualified medical practitioner.
"8. Provision should, as far as practicable, be made
for the re-examination at intervals of not more than a year,
of children who have received dental treatment, and for
supplementary treatment, if such is found to be necessary.
"9. The accommodation proposed for a dental clinic
should include as a minimum (a) a waiting room, (b) an
operating room, and (c) a small rinsing room, which can
be used also for recovery after the administration of an
anaesthetic."
Situation of Dental Clinic.—There is no space now
available at the School Clinic at 225, High Road, Kilburn,
for a Dental Clinic, and I would advise, therefore, that the
necessary premises be obtained elsewhere.
Cost of Dental Clinic.—The cost is estimated as
follows :—
Capital Charges.
£ s. d.
Dental Outfit 80 0 0
Linoleum, Blinds, Furniture, Plumbing, etc. 60 0 0
Total £140 0 0