[Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • East Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1958
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Credit: [Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    f t t ■r ; : J 1 cl c . G A G li ( i b i) b 13 ■ Dental Care. Due to a combination of unfilled vacancies and ill-health among members of the staff it has been possible to offer a dental service to less than half of the school children in the County, but despite this, as requested by the Ministry of Health, some additional time has been given to the treatment of expectant and nursing mothers. When numbers justify the arrangement and clinic facilities are readily available, regular dental and treatment sessions are arranged for this group, but in most instances the requests for inspection and treatment come in ones and twos from various parts of the County and the services of dental officers have to be made available as they may be required at the nearest fixed or mobile clinic. For children under school age parents can take them for inspection and treatment to anv session that is being organised for the inspection or treatment of school children. Invitations to parents to take advantage of these facilities for young children are sent out by headteachers, health visitors and school nurses whenever dental arrangements are being made for school children in any area and the general practitioners in the area are also advised. With a view to interesting expectant and nursing mothers in the need for dental care the problems of dental education have again been brought specially to the notice of health visitors and midwives by meetings, lectures and film demonstrations. The question has also been discussed with general practitioners through the agency of the local liaison committee and general practitioners have agreed to support action taken by domiciliary mid wives in persuading expectant mothers to seek dental advice. As from February, 1958, each domiciliary midwife has, with the patient’s permission, made a return about the dental examination arrangements for each patient who is booked for a domiciliary confinement and up to the end of the year 616 of these reports had been received. These showed that, of this number of expectant mothers, 447 stated that they were attending or intended to go to dentists in private practise for inspection and necessary treatment, and that 94 requested inspection and treatment through the County dental service. In 68 cases the women were already provided with dentures and did not require dental treatment and in 7 cases suggestions that dental inspection should be carried out were refused. Details of the work carried out by the County Dental Service are as follows : — Examine d Needing Treatment Treated 1\! ado Dentally Fit jkpectant and Nursing i Mothers 128 117 102 M Iiildren under five 222 111 102 100