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Special Facilities at Hospitals, etc.
The Tuberculosis Dispensary has been linked up with Guy's
Hospital for the purpose of providing observation beds and special
facilities for treatment and diagnosis. The authorities and medical
staff at Guy's have agreed to undertake this work free of charge.
Arrangements have also been made for the taking of X-Ray photographs
at a charge of 7s. 6d. each. Finsen light treatment has so
far been carried out at the London Hospital at a cost of 5s. per sitting
for each patient, but a special arrangement with the Hospital is not
necessary.
Tuberculous subjects will attend at our Municipal Dental Clinic
at 98, Rotherhithe New Road.
A special fortnightly session is set aside for these patients, and
the following are the charges:—
Adults—
Fillings, 2s. 6d. each.
Scalings, 2s. 6d.
Extractions : With gas, irrespective of number of extractions,
2s. 6d. With local anæsthesia: Single extractions, 1s.;
Multiple do., 2s. 6d.
Dentures: Complete, upper or lower, £2. Partial upper or
lower, at 3s. per tooth.
Children—
Free.
Special cases where patients are unable to pay the
above fees will be brought before the Committee for
assessment.
The following will be the scheme for the distribution of extra
nourishment, subject to the sanction of the Ministry of Health: —
Supply of extra nourishment to Tuberculous persons.
(1) Extra nourishment should comprise milk, eggs, butter,
oatmeal.
(2) That it should be supplied only to necessitous tuberculous
persons of the borough.