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Maternity and Child Welfare. 69
The modified arrangements made with the British Dental
Hospital in 1923, have continued in force throughout the year,
and all expectant and nursing mothers attending the Welfare
Centres are eligible for treatment under the scheme, provided
their financial circumstances are such as to preclude them
from paying the full cost of treatment.
The Council makes a payment to the Hospital of 5s. per
attendance with an additional charge of 5s. for each case requiring
nitrous oxide. A separate charge is made for dentures
and patients are asked to contribute towards the cost of these
according to their means. 78 cases, 66 women and 12 children,
were treated at the Hospital and 355 attendances were made.
The above service was extended in 1926 for Putney and
Wandsworth. The Council arranged with a local dentist to
treat cases from these districts. The fees paid are in accordance
with the scale laid down by the Council. This service was
further extended during the year to include Clapham and Streatham
Hill, and Putney Park.
148 cases availed themselves of these facilities during the
year, 111 being women, and 37 children.
The Council has now arranged for periodical dental inspection
of mothers and children to be carried out at the Infant Welfare
Centres by dental practitioners. These inspections are made at
intervals of three or six months, and at most of the Centres are
carried out by the same dental surgeon who treats mothers and
children attending that Centre.