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A report by Mr. H. C. Middleton, L.D.S., R.C.S. (Edin.), the
Council's Dental Surgeon, is given here:—
Dental Clinics.
"The dental treatment offered at the Clinics meets with a
steady response. Looking back over the last ten years, I can report
an improvement in mouth conditions. Pioneer instruction in oral
hygiene is bearing fruit, and the work at the Clinics and that of
the Health Visitors is teaching the mothers to look upon dental
treatment as a necessary contribution to their physical well-being.
During the past year arrangements have been made for every
child over 18 months of age to be given an opportunity of dental
inspection at the Clinics. Any necessary treatment is given to the
children, and the mothers are instructed in dental care. Records
of these routine inspections are made and invitations are issued
for re-inspection in three or six months. For the mothers, the
removal of septic teeth and replacement by dentures is the chief
work. The gas and oxygen anaesthetic used for extractions is
greatly appreciated and favourable comment is often heard on the
Richmond Road Clinic and its equipment.''
Day Nursery.—The Hackney Day Nursery, established in 1934
by a voluntary committee at Sylvester Path, provides accommodation
for ten babies under 2 years and twenty children between 2
and 5 years.
The Nursery was open on 226 days during the year, when the
following attendances of infants and children were made:—
Attendances of infants under 2 years 2,058
Attendances of children between 2 and 5 years 3,337
Total number of attendances 5,395
A charge of 10d. a day is made for the care of a child or 1s. 4d.
a day for two children from the same family.
An annual grant of £200 is made by the Borough Council to
the committee of the Nursery.
The following are extracts from the Annual Report of the Day
Nursery:—
CHAIRMAN'S REPORT.
(Alderman C. Fisher Yates, J.P.)
The beginning of another year provides me with the opportunity of recording
some of the happenings during 1938.
I would like first of all to place on record the official visit on February the
1st of His Worship the Mayor (Alderman H. W. Capell, J.P.) and the Mayoress
(Mrs. H. W. Capell).