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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
Merton 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton]
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| First Attendances | Total Attendances | Total Sessions (All Clinics) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born In | Total 1961-66 | ||||
| 1966 | 1965 | 1961-64 | |||
| — | 10 | 544 | 554 | 965 | 80 |
Dental Care
The number of dental sessions devoted to inspection and treatment
of expectant and nursing mothers and children under school
age has been doubled during 1966. The preventive nature of the
treatment of the pre-school children is well illustrated by the fact
that, although the number of fillings done for this group increased
during the year from 557 to 998, the number of extractions fell
slightly from 87 to 84.
The increased demand by parents for conservative treatment for these young children may be due, one likes to think, to increased efforts made in the field of dental health education.
| Examined | Commenced treatment | Completed course of treatment | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expectant and Nursing Mothers | 60 | 48 | 51 | |||||||||
| Children under 5 | 567 | 276 | 345 | |||||||||
| Scaling and gum treatment | Fillings | Silver Nitrate treatment | Cr'ns and Inlays | Extractions | General Anaesthetics | Dentures | X-Rays | |||||
| Full | Part | |||||||||||
| Expectant and Nursing Mothers | 46 | 97 | - | 1 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 24 | |||
| Children under 5 | 238 | 998 | 168 | - | 84 | 46 | - | - | - | |||
Day Nurseries
The Authority had, at the end of the year, two Day Nurseries in
operation providing accommodation for 85 children under the age
of five years.
Admissions are made under the following categories of priority:
First Priority—Where the mother is the sole wage earner.
Second Priority—Where there is sickness in the family, or where
home conditions exist which are likely seriously to prejudice the
health of the child.
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