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Shoreditch 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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All who live or work in Shoreditch are eligible to receive treatment at
this hospital. Persons who have resided in the Borough for six months (but
not non-residents working in the Borough) who state that they are unable
to afford the foregoing charges are asked to complete a form stating the
number of the family and the income.
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 | Income per head after deducting rent, National Health and Unemployment Insurance contributions not more than : | 14 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 21 | 0 |
| 2 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 19 | 0 | |
| 3 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 17 | 0 | |
| 4 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 6 | |
| 5 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| 6 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 6 | |
| 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 6 | |
| 8 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 6 | |
| 9 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 6 | |
| 10 | 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 | |
The six months residential qualification to which reference has been
made does not apply to Maternity and Child Welfare cases who are entitled
to the appropriate remissions by the fact that they are referred to the Hospital
from one or other of the Welfare Centres.
There are no changes to report in the permanent staff, which is as
follows: —
Dental Surgeon, Sister and Clerk, Nurse, three Dental Mechanics,
Caretaker and Cleaner.
Anaesthetics are administered by a medical practitioner who is not a whole
time officer of the Council.
The names of these Officers will be found in the section of this Report
dealing with Staff.