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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Tottenham 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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undertake the inspection and treatment of young children referred
from the Welfare Centres, Day Nursery, Nursery Classes and
Nursery Schools and to reserve certain sessions solely for the treatment
of expectant and nursing mothers at each of the school dental
clinics.
(2) The appointment of a part-time specialist anæsthetist on a
sessional basis.
(3) To provide for and equip a new Dental Clinic at the Committee's
combined Day Nursery and Maternity and Child Welfare
Centre shortly to be built on the site of Orchard House.
(4) To supply artificial dentures in necessitous cases where so authorised by the Committee on the undermentioned approved scale of income.
| No. in Family. | Free. Net income after deducting rent. | Parents to Contribute:— | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ¼ cost when the income is above previous column and below:— | ½ cost when the income is above previous column and below:— | ¾ cost when the income is above previous column and below:— | ||
| 1 | 16/- | 21/- | 26/- | 31/- |
| 2 | 30/- | 35/- | 40/- | 45/- |
| 3 | 42/- | 47/- | 52/- | 57/- |
| 4 | 52/- | 57/- | 62/- | 67/- |
| 5 | 60/- | 65/- | 70/- | 75/- |
| 6 or over | 66/- | 71/- | 76/- | 81/- |
(a) Only mothers in need of dentures whose family income
comes within this scale will be permitted to benefit by the
scheme.
(b) The circumstances of mothers to be determined, and the
amount of liability ascertained, before extraction of
teeth is undertaken,