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An arrangement has been made with the British Red Cross Clinic,
Dalston Lane, to supply Dr. Gere with X.Ray photographs of the
Rickets cases, so that the improvement in the bone condition can be
noted. Dr. Gere has also had good results following the irradiation of
dried milk.
A Special Clinic for the treatment of Whooping Cough by Ultra
Violet Rays was held this year for a period of six weeks and the
results were very encouraging. The value of the Dental Clinic has
also been proved beyond question by the results of the year's working.
Dental work of every description, including the fitting of dentures and
the necessary treatment for some very severe cases, has been most
satisfactorily carried out. Cases of such severity as to require a
general anaesthetic which was administered by Dr. Montague Smith
numbered 136, and a local anaesthetic was required in 27 cases.
Dentures were fitted to 40 nursing and expectant mothers at a
total cost of £85 13s. 6d., £54 8s. Od. being recovered in contributions
An additional weekly session was approved for Mayfield Road
Centre, and an arrangement entered into between the Council and
Stamford Hill Dispensary with the approval of the Ministry of
Health, whereby the Medical practitioners in charge of Centres could
obtain home treatment for necessitous patients by referring the cases
to the Dispensary.
The cost of the Maternity and Child W elf are service for the coming
financial year amounts to a rate of .84d. which, of course, includes
the new Centre at 28, Lower Clapton Road.
Tuberculosis.
The number of primary notifications of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
for the year is 336. The total number of notifications of Tuberculosis,
pulmonary and non.pulmonary, number 416, and this figure
is the lowest recorded since 1922. The deaths from Tuberculosis
number 204.
At the close of 1927 there were 1,379 cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
and 642 cases of Non.pulmonary Tuberculosis on the register.
At the Tuberculosis Dispensaries 1,085 suspected cases, including
384 contacts to notified cases were examined. Sputum examinations
numbered 1,028. The total number of attendances at the Dispensaries
was 6,505, and 141 cases were sent for treatment to residential
institutions. A full report on the working of the Tuberculosis
Dispensaries is contained on Page 47.