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28.
Dental treatment was carried out for patients
attending the Maternity and Child Welfare Centres at
the School Treatment Centre until 1st July and after
that date at 92, Greyhound Road. All the dental work
is now done at the Dental Department of the Greyhound
Road Centre by the Committee's own dentist, Mr. Dodd,
and this is a great convenience to the patients. The
number of women who had dental treatment either at
the School Treatment Centre or at 92, Greyhound Road
was 146 and the number of children was 46. The total
attendances were 546. Thirty four women were provided
with dentures.
The Ante-Natal Clinics.
At 92, Greyhound Road—2 sessions weekly.
(1 session closed for 8 weeks).
Number of women who attended 313
Number of attendances 1172
At 170, Wandsworth Bridge Road—1 session weekly.
Number of women who attended 163
Number of attendances 501
One thousand and seventy one home visits were
made in connection with the ante-natal work. This
includes visits paid to cases attending various maternity
hospitals who do not come to the ante-natal clinics. The
hospital almoners send lists of cases for this purpose
and so our work is linked up with these institutions in
a very satisfactory manner.
Notification of Births.—Under the Notification of
Births Act, 1907, 2,340 births of living children and 40
births of still-born children were notified. 332 or 13.9
per cent., were notified by doctors, 1,880 or 79.9 per
cent., by mid wives and 168 or 7.0 per cent., by fathers
or persons in attendance at the birth. The still-births
during 1928 were equal to 1.6 per cent. of the notified
live births.