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school age are referred by the School Medical Officer,
payment for which is made by the County Education
Committee to the Dagenham Council.
A course of treatment commences with a two
minutes exposure back and front, working up to a six
minutes double exposure, being 12 exposures in all.
The clinics close down from May to September.
269 children commenced treatment of whom 144
completed one course, 17 completed two courses, four
completed three courses and one four courses.
Dental Treatment.
22 extraction sessions were held, at which 169
children were treated and 158 mothers, making a total
of 427 attendances. A charge is made for each case
(not per attendance), the amount depending upon the
financial circumstances of the family. The amount
received was £16 0s. Od. and the nett cost of this service
was £39 0s. 0d.
Dentures are provided, usually only to those persons
referred from the ante-natal clinic. The amount
recovered as patients' contributions was £26 0s. 0d.,
leaving a sum of £103 0s. 0d. as the cost to the Council.
Convalescent Home.
15 mothers and children were admitted to convalescent
homes at a cost of £99 7s. l0d.
As in former years, the local branch of the Invalid
Children's Aid Association and the Personal Service
Council have been most helpful in arranging convalescent
treatment for mothers and children. The Secretaries
of these organisations have rendered valuable assistance
on many occasions. The same number of mothers and
children were dealt with as in the previous year, but
owing to the duration of the average stay at convalescent
homes being longer, the cost has increased.