[Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Northampton County Borough.

Maternal and Child Care (continued) Note: All cases booked for confinement at the Barratt Maternity Home receive their ante-natal care at the Barratt Home Clinic; patients booked for St. Edmund’s Maternity Unit attend the Ante-natal Clinic at that hospital; these Ante-natal Clinics are under the control of the North¬ ampton and District Hospital Management Committee. Mothercraft classes were held throughout the year and were attended by 312 mothers. Instruction in relaxation is included. Bents! Treatment. Children under school age and expectant and nursing mothers are treated by the dental officer free of charge. One session each week is set apart for this work. Table 22 shews the numbers dealt with during 52 sessions and the forms of treatment. Table 22. Northampton C.B., 1960. Summary of Dental Work. 1— ■ - ■ ’A - J J “ ,. ■ ^ EXPECTANT CHILDREN AND NURSING UNDER TOTALS MOTHERS 5 YEARS oj i (liltHid pruvuieu with Dental Care:— Examined ..... 8 144 152 Needing treatment ............... 8 123 131 Treated ....... 8 112 120 Made dentally fit .. 5 87 92 Attendances ... 22 333 355 Numbers of Dental Treatments provided:— Scalings and gum treatment ... 2 2 4 Fillings ...... 19 215 234 Silver nitrate treatment .. — 268 268 Dressings ........................... 4 67 71 Crowns or inlays .. — — — Extractions .... 4 107 Ill Anaesthetics :— Local .............................. 1 5 6 General .... 3 44 47 Dentures provided:— Full upper or lower — — — Partial upper or lower — — — Dentures repaired ... — — — | Radiographs ...................... —- 1 1 Radiographs are made as required. The dental officer examines them and on occasions seeks advice from the Consultant Dental Surgeon, Northampton General Hospital. Dentures are made at a local prosthetic laboratory. Care of Premature Infants. 165 premature infants (i.e., babies weighing 5| lb. or less at birth) born to mothers normally resident in Northampton County Borough were notified and were the subject of special investigations. Domiciliary births ... 26 Stillborn .. 2