[Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Somerset County Council.

  • Somerset Council
Date:
1949
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Credit: [Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Somerset County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The apparanl inconsistencies in the above figures are due to the fact tliat the figures in the first two columns reiwesent ])atients inspected during lb4t) while those in the third and fourth columns iuclude some patients who were inspected in lt)4H, hut were not treated until 1949. 'File column headed “Treated” indicates patients whose treatment was commenced during the year and the column headed “Made Dentally Tit” those whose treatment was completed. The differences between the “Treated” and “Made Dentally Fit” figures occur because some of the patients refused further treatment, left the district before treatment could be completed, or are still receiving treatment during the current year. (b) Farms of dental treatment provided. Extrac¬ tions Anaesthetics Scalings or Scalings and gum treat¬ ment Silver Nitrate treat¬ ment 1 ! Dress- Radio- ings gra{)hs 1 ! Local General Fillings Expectant and Nursing Mothers 895 173 195 317 109 — — 31 Children under five 415 82 94 321 CO CO 115 — 7 1 Dentures provided; Complete ... ... 136 Partial ... ... 86 Total 222 The number of sessions devoted to this Service by the County Dental Officers was.— Inspections 23; Treatment 335 ; Total 358 F'acilities for x-ray examination have been provided at our three established main dental centres at Taunton, Bridgwater and Yeovil, and it is intended to arrange similar facilities at AVeston-super-Mare, FYome and Wells when these main centres are completed. Our Dental Laboratory at Musgrove Park Hospital is now well established and provides all the dentures, crowns, etc., required for maternity patients treated under the County Scheme, Premature Infants. In addition to the 200 premature births in Maternity Units there were 195 premature domiciliary births in the county, 52 of which were admitted sid)se(piently to a premature baby unit in hospital. All premature infants nursed at home receive close supervision by a specially trained Assistant Nursing Superintendent. She visits the home to ensure that adequate cqui])- ment and help are available, and where necessary, arranges for the loan of additional etpiipment. She continues to visit periodically in a siqiei’visory capacity till satisfied that the infant is mak¬ ing satisfactory jjrogress. All County Midwives have been instructed to try to secure admission t(j hosj)ital for delivery of all patients in labour whose duration of pregnancy a]q)ears to he less