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DENTAL TREATMENT.
The arrangements with the British Dental Hospital continue to
prove very satisfactory and Mr. G. E. King Turner, L.D.S., H.D.D.,
L.M.S.S. A., attends the Clinic every Monday afternoon.
The Tuberculosis Officers recommend the patients for attendance at
the Clinic. All extractions, fillings and scalings are done free of charge.
The cost of dentures is, in the case of insured persons, paid in part by
the Society of which the patient is a member and the remainder by the
person concerned. If the patient is unable to afford anything towards
dentures or does not belong to any Society under the National Health
Insurance Act, the cost is met either in part or whole by some charitable
organisation or by the Borough Council.
The average attendance at each session is between 12 to 15 patients,
and it has been found in many cases that patients who have steadfastly
refused necessary dental treatment for years, now attend willingly at
the Dispensary Dental Clinic.
During the year there have been 567 attendances at the Clinic and
the dental work done includes—Extractions, Gas Administrations,
Fillings, Scalings and Dentures.
Thursday evening sessions, once a month, have been started for
working patients.
EXTRA NOURISHMENT.
Under the Ministry of Health Regulations, extra nourishment can
be supplied at the expense of the Borough to patients attending the
Dispensary who are unable to afford necessary nourishing food.
This scheme is employed for patients who are waiting a Sanatorium
vacancy and also to tide them over the difficult period between their
discharge from Sanatorium and their return to work, but in the case of
patients who are in receipt of Public Assistance no call is made upon the
Borough funds, but recommendations are made to the Public Assistance
Committee by the Tuberculosis Officers for the supply of extra food in
necessitous cases, and there is no doubt that patients greatly benefit by
this scheme.
119 patients have been granted extra nourishment at the expense of
the Borough.