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Every effort is made to preserve the primary teeth; necessary
extractions are done under nitrous oxide gas anaesthesia. This
work is not only curative, but it is educative in that it teaches
parents the importance of dental care from the earliest years, and
will inevitably be reflected in a lessened amount of dental treatment
being needed during school life.
The work is now carried out at the West Ham Lane Infant
Welfare Clinic, and at the School dental premises, while the
School Dentists are engaged at the Schools.
Attendances tor Dental Treatment in 1929.
Number of attendances for treatment 702
Average attendance per child : 4.
Number of attendances for extraction 104
Number of teeth extracted 359
Number of attendances for fillings 456
Number of teeth filled 531
Number of attendances for examination, special dressings,
etc. 129
Number of New Cases 178
Stratford Day Nursery, Welfare Road.
The Stratford Da)' Nursery continues to do invaluable work
in this Borough, where many of the mothers are forced to go to
work. The attendances at the Day Nursery during 1929 were :—
Whole days 8421
Average weekly attendance 185
A sum of 8d. per day is charged to the mothers.
Sunlight Clinic.
Treatment by Artificial Light was first started in West Ham
in 1925 by the Women's League of Service for Motherhood, at
the Welfare Road Clinic. As a result of an arrangement made
by the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee of the Borough
and the Committee of the above League in February, 1928, children
are referred to the doctor in charge of the Light Clinic by
the various Infant Welfare Clinics through the Medical Officer of
Health.
Attendances at the Sunlight Clinics.
(1) Municipal—2 sessions per week.
Number of children treated 147
Number of attendances 3225
(2) Voluntary—3 sessions per week.
Number of children treated 598
Number of attendances 4971
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