[Report 1961] / Medical Officer of Health, Portsmouth Borough.

  • Portsmouth (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1961
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Credit: [Report 1961] / Medical Officer of Health, Portsmouth Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DENTAL TREATMENT FOR EXPECTANT AND NURSING MOTHERS AND YOUNG CHILDREN By the Senior Dental Officer There is no provision for the routine dental examination by a local authority dental officer of expectant and nursing mothers and young children, but an agreement with the Portsmouth Group Hospital Management Com¬ mittee provides for their treatment at Saint Mary’s Hospital Dental Clinic, where all forms of dental treatment are available. In addition, a number of children under five are treated at the Education Committee’s clinic. These children are almost invariably the younger members of families who are already school clinic patients and are brought to the clinics or appointments for them sought when the parents are attending with elder children, whereas those attending the welfare clinic are usually referred to Saint Mary’s Hospital or the the family dentist. The number given in the appended table of those attending the school clinics is only approximate, as it is found that some of these children are still accidentally recorded as school children as they are mixed with these when treated. It would appear that the majority of expectant and nursing mothers obtain the treatment they require from the practitioner of their choice, under the general dental service, all treatment, including dentures, being entirely free. SCHOOL DENTAL SERVICE Dental Treatment Provided for Pre-School Children (a) Number provided with Dental Care: Examined Needing Treatment Treated Made Dentally Fit 170 122 115 102 (b) Forms of Dental Treatment provided: Extractions General Anaesthetics Silver Nitrate Treatment Fillings 140 30 3 17 SAINT MARY’S HOSPITAL DENTAL CLINIC Dental Treatment Provided for Expectant and Nursing Mothers and Pre-School Children (a) Number provided with Dental Care: Examined Needing Treatment Treated Made Dentally Fit Expectant and Nursing Mothers 62 57 57 57 Children under five 126 110 84 84 (b) Forms of Dental Treatment provided: Scalings and Gum Treatment Fillings Extractions General Anaesthetics Crowns or in Lays Expectant and Nursing Mothers 10 4 38 38 — Children under five — — 84 84 —