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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 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton]
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| First Attendances | Total Attendances | Total Sessions (All Clinics) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born In | Total 1962-67 | ||||
| 1967 | 1966 | 1962-65 | |||
| — | 41 | 1233 | 1274 | 2084 | 194 |
Dental Care
During the year, Birthday Greetings cards have been sent to
three-year-olds with a covering letter to parents suggesting a dental
check-up and giving information about local dental clinics.
Many parents have expressed appreciation of these and although
no great rush of patients has been experienced in the clinics, it is
felt that this early alerting of parents to the necessity of preventive
treatment for their children early in life is well worth while.
In spite of many staff changes due to retirement and sickness, the improvement shown last year in the number of sessions devoted to priority services and to the volume of work carried out, was maintained in 1967.
| Examined | Commenced treatment | Completed course of treatment | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expectant and Nursing Mothers | 45 | 40 | 34 | |||||||||
| Children under 5 | 577 | 398 | 355 | |||||||||
| Scaling and gum treatment | Fillings | Teeth otherwise conserved | Cr'ns and Inlays | Extractions | General Anaesthetics | Dentures | X-Rays | |||||
| Full | Part | |||||||||||
| Expectant and Nursing Mothers | 34 | 157 | - | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Children under 5 | 168 | 1001 | 507 | — | 58 | 32 | — | — | 10 | |||
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.
Third Priority—In exceptional cases, where, upon consideration of
individual circumstances, it appears to the Council that admission
is necessary in the best interests of the child.
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