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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Brentford and Chiswick 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]

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Table: Dental Clinic.Miss Loretz, the Dental Surgeon, gives the following table of work done for mothers and children attending the Maternity and Child Welfare and Ante-natal Clinics.

Dental Clinic.

Miss Loretz, the Dental Surgeon, gives the following table of work done for mothers and children attending the Maternity and Child Welfare and Ante-natal Clinics.

Chiswick.Brentford.Total.
Sessions devoted to treatment474592
Patients treated-Mothers11452166
Children9286178
Total206138344
Attendances—Mothers448250698
Children279211490
Total7274611,188
Teeth filled—Permanent12248170
Temporary11459173
Total236107343
Teeth extracted—Permanent379222601
Temporary275236511
Total6544581,112
Administrations of Nitrous Oxide221158379
Scalings281543
Dentures181331

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Ante-natal Clinics.
Two sessions are held weekly, one in Brentford and the
other in Chiswick.
338 expectant mothers attended for the first time and 102
continued attendances they started the previous year. These
440 expectant mothers made 1,996 attendances. 852 births
were notified so this figure represents 51.7 per cent. of that
number.
All undergo a thorough examination at their first visit and
advice is given as to the general hygiene and diet of pregnancy.