[Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Dudley County Borough.
- Dudley (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1962
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Dudley County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Opening of New Central Clinic The o])ening of the new C'entral Clinic in April of this year was indeed well worth waiting for. There has been a transformation scene on the site of the old Firs Clinic. The dental wing, which is self contained, consists of waiting room, two conservation surgeries, dark room, office staff room and toilets, laboratory and recovery room. It is most pieasant to work in. The eiectric under-floor heating has proved a boon during the cold winter weather. The new “Kavo” Dental Unit has proved very satisfactory. At Dudley Wood Clinic a mobile “Kavo” Aeroter was installed. Propaganda and Education in Dental Care Once again during the year several thousand coloured booklets and pamphlets supplied free from the Oral Hygiene Service and the Ministry of Health have been distributed at school inspections. Films provided by the Oral Hygiene Service have been shown at a few schools and where possible in the Infant and Junior Schools I gave a short talk to each class before their teeth were examined. Slices of raw carrot are still being supplied to children after school dinners and the school tuck shops are restricted to the sale ot nuts and raisins and {)otato crisps. One or two Headmasters have told me that the profits for their school funds from the tuck sales have not decreased. The standard of oral hygiene is gradually improving. In the Cxirls’ High School it is very good indeed. Fluoridation of the Domestic Water Supply The findings of the pilot schemes in Kilmarnock, Anglesey and Watford have now^ been published. They have shown, as has already been shown in the U.S.A. and New Zealand, that fluoride added to the domestic water supply at a eonecntration of one part per million wall safely reduce the incidence of dental decay in young children by 50%—60%. Since the Minister of Health has supported the lluoridation of domestic water supplies I am pleased to say that Dudley Founcil has expressed the wish for fluoride to be added to the water supply of Dudley. It would indeed be a pity for any local authority not to take advantage of such a step forward in the pre- vention of dental decay—this uncomfortable scourge of civilized humanity. I woidd like to take the opportunity of placing on record my thanks to my staff' for their loyal support, also for their kind co- operation, Dr. Reynolds, the Medical Staff', Mr. Trinder and the office staff at the Council House, Mr. Woolley and his staff at the Central C linic and all the Head Teachers and staff's of the schools inspected. J. P. McEWAN (Mrs.) Chief Denial Officer](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29171271_0060.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
