Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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After verification by the Enquiry Officer this statement is used to fix the proportion of the full charge to be paid, the remissions being 25, 50, 75 and 100 per cent, in accordance with the following income limits approved by the Council.
No. in family. | No charge to be made. | To pay 25% of maximum. | To pay 50% of maximum. | To pay 75% of maximum. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | ||
1 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 21 | 0 | |
2 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 19 | 0 | |
3 | Income per head after | 10 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 17 | 0 |
4 | deducting | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 6 |
5 | rent, | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
6 | National | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
7 | Health and Unemployment | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
8 | Insurance | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
9 | contributions | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
10 | not more than : | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
11 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 6 | |
12 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
As mentioned in the last Report, this scale, which was introduced on
1st April, when the new scale of charges became operative, is somewhat more
lenient than the scale in force before that date.
The charge to be made in special X-ray cases is considered and determined
by the Committee.
The charge made in Orthodontic cases is the cost of the appliance, plus
50 per cent of such cost, in addition to the ordinary charge of 2s. made to
school children, subject to the reduced scale of charges for necessitous cases
being applied.
A considerable amount of work is done for Approved Societies, grants
from these Societies being regarded as a payment by the patient, whether or
not such patients come within the Council's scale for remission of charges or
not.
A comparison of the work done each year since the Hospital was opened is contained in the following table:—
1927. From 31st March Five Sessions. | 1928, Five Sessions. | 1929. Jan.-May, Five Sessions. June-Dec., Eleven Sessions. | 1930. Eleven Sessions. | 1931. Eleven Sessions. | |
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No. of children's visits | 499 | 794 | 1,081 | 1,577 | 1,576 |
No. of adults' visits | 1,430 | 3,032 | 3,505 | 6,658 | 6,129 |
No, of maternity cases visits | 627 | 1,021 | 1,209 | 1,290 | 1,407 |
No, of dentures fitted | 61 | 222 | 329 | 699 | 752 |