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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
Hackney 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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The cost of this scheme to the Council during the year was:—
| Payment to Dental Surgeon and Anaesthetist in | s. | d. | |
| respeet of attendances | 189 | 0 | 0 |
| Payments to Dental Surgeon for Dentures supplied | 108 | 2 | 9 |
| Total payments | £297 | 2 | 9 |
Patients contributions—
For Dentures £34 5 0
For Extractions, etc. 14 15 0
Total Contributions 49 0 0
Net Cost to Council £248 2 9
| To expectant mothers | first visits | 804 |
| total visits | 1,979 | |
| To infants under one year of age | first visits | 2,095 |
| total visits | 5,756 | |
| To children between the ages of one and five years | total visits | 11,161 |
Maternity Hospital Accommodation.—The Council pays the
sum of one guinea in respect of each necessitous person admitted
from the borough for treatment at either of the under-mentioned
hospitals. Expectant mothers are deemed to be eligible for assistance
under this scheme if by reason of poverty or other cause they
are unable to pay an amount equal to half the average cost per
patient of the maintenance and administration charges of the
hospital concerned for the preceding year.
The number of patients assisted under this scheme, together
with the cost to the Council during the year is shown below:—
Cost.
• Cases. £ s. d.
Salvation Army Mothers' Hospital 47 49 7 0
City of London Maternity Hospital 94 98 14 0
141 £148 1 0