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It was resolved that the School Dentist be authorised
to collect money at the time of treatment and to issue a
receipt for the same.''
Provision of Spectacles.
The cost of the glasses will, in the first instance, be
borne by the Education Committee, but the cost in full will
be recovered from the parents except in very special cases
of poverty or necessity."
It is now nine or ten years since a Treatment Scheme was
considered as a whole by this Committee, and I recommend
that a Sub-Committee be appointed to draw up a new scheme
and consolidate the present arrangements, and at the same
time prepare a scale of charges for parents suitable to the
various forms of treatment provided.
J. M. CLEMENTS.
School Medical Officer.
Revised Scale of Charges for the Medical Treatment of
School Children.
1. Where the total family income does not No charge.
exceed 50/- per week, plus an allowance
of 5/- each for the first two children and
2/6 each for any additional children
above that number.
2. Where the total family income exceeds
the amount set out under (1) but does
not exceed £5 per week : —
(a) Operations for removal of adenoids 15/- per case,
and tonsils.
(b) X-Ray Treatment of Ringworm of No charge,
the Scalp.
(c) Treatment of minor Ailments and Actual cost of
Injuries, Scabies, Impetigo, and dressings, &c., for
other Skin Diseases. 2 weeks, and then
6d. per week per
child.
(d) Treatment of Visual Defects. Actual cost of
spectacles. No
charge for refraction
work.
(e) Treatment of Dental Defects : —
Extractions without an anaesthetic 1/- per child per
attendance.