[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Eastbourne County Borough.

  • Eastbourne (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1955
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Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Eastbourne County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Bell Hostel. This hostel has 16 beds for accommodating un- married mothers and their babies. There were 46 admissions. This Authority was not responsible financially for any of these cases. Other Homes. Three Eastbourne girls were accommodated in the following homes under arrangements made by the Local Authority ; The Haven, Sutton .. .. .. .. 1 St. Christopher’s, Paddington .. .. .. 1 St. Pelagias, Streatham .. .. .. .. 1 The total number of days for which they were accommodated amounted to 230. In the last financial year the sum of £272 3s. 7d. was spent in grants, subscriptions and maintenance in homes for these girls. 7. Welfare Foods and Other Nutrients The main centre for distribution of Welfare Foods was the Local Authority’s central Welfare Clinic at Avenue House which was available to the public daily during the full period the department was open. The three outlying Infant Welfare Centres were used as subsidiary distribution centres during the normal clinic sessions there. Under the Authority’s arrangements for the care of mothers and young children a considerable variety of dried milk foods, cereals and vitamin products are now available for resale. These are issued on the recommendation of the Medical Officer or Health Visitor in attendance at the Child Welfare sessions. DENTAL CARE The service is provided for the dental care of expectant and nursing mothers and pre-school children. Mr. J. W. Martin, L.D.S., was appointed Dental Officer and took up his duties on 1st February. REPORT OF THE CHIEF DENTAL OFFICER Eighty-six sessions were devoted to the inspection and treatment of expectant and nursing mothers and to children under the age of five. One hundred and twenty-five expectant and nursing mothers were seen at the Avenue House Clinic and made 379 attendances. Of these 108 were found to require treatment and 86 were treated. One hundred and three fillings were inserted and 65 teeth extracted. In addition, 9 complete dentures and 19 partial dentures were fitted, the laboratory work being carried out by local technicians in their own laboratories. Any cases requiring radiological examination were referred to the radiological department at St. Mary’s Hospital where, as in previous years, this work was carried out very satis-