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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 1968

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton]

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Table: Attendances at Toddlers' Clinics

Attendances at Toddlers' Clinics

First AttendancesTotal AttendancesTotal Sessions (All Clinics)
Born InTotal 1963-68
196819671963-66
—28227723052787290

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Dental Care
Children of pre-school age are being brought by their parents
to the Dental Clinics in increasing numbers. This is due to many
fatcors such as Dental Health Education, particularly at Parentcraft
Classes, the Three-Year Old Birthday Greetings Cards offering appointments
for advice, and the generally enlightened view of young
parents on the importance of the deciduous teeth. Over the past four
years, since the inception of the Borough Dental Service,

Table: both the number or children examined and the number of courses of treatment have doubled, the figures being —

both the number or children examined and the number of courses of treatment have doubled, the figures being —

Number examinedCompleted courses of treatment
19653251965169
19686141968338
ExaminedCommenced treatmentCompleted course of treatment
Expectant and Nursing Mothers444131
Children under 5614544338
Scaling and gum treatmentFillingsTeeth otherwise conservedExtractionsGeneral AnaestheticsDenturesX-Rays
FullPart
Expectant and Nursing Mothers24673-112
Children under 521011883899451--2

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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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