Annual report of the Medical Department / Tanganyika Territory.

  • Tanganyika. Medical Department
Date:
[1952]
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Credit: Annual report of the Medical Department / Tanganyika Territory. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (D) Dental 206. The Senior Dental Surgeon returned from leave in July, one dental surgeon proceeded on leave in November, and one was posted to Mwanza to open a dental unit. The dental officer at Mwanza will be responsible for pro¬ fessional visits to the Lake and Western provinces. A medical assistant was seconded to the Dental Unit in Dar es Salaam and was employed at the Sewa Haji daily clinic. 207. Regular tours were undertaken to the main centres of the Territory and local arrangements remained in force whereby officers and their families in certain areas were able to utilize the services of non-Government dental surgeons. 208. There was a considerable increase in the demand for treatment by Africans at the daily clinic, Dar es Salaam. The medical assistant helped to ease the pressure of work on the dental officer and allowed him more time for major cases. 209. Conservative treatment was continued for African school children in Dar es Salaam and Tanga. 210. During the year the Dental Unit dealt with 17,377 attendances, 556 X-rays were taken, 422 dentures were made and 205 were repaired. Twenty cases of jaw injuries were treated. (E) Mental 211. The post of Mental Specialist remained vacant throughout the year. J
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