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Shoreditch 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Repairs.—7s. 6d. for the first, 5s. for each subsequent item on a denture
as stated below, with a maximum of 12s. 6d. for each denture in respect of
items 1, 2, and 4, and of £1 in respect of all items:—
(i) Cracks, fissures, or fractures of dentures.
(ii) The replacing of a loosened tooth, or loosened band or wire.
(iii) The adding of one new tooth.
(iv) An extension of the plate, even when that extension embraces part
of a natural tooth.
(v) New band or wire, 3s. 6d.
Remakes.—14s. for the first two teeth, and 3s. 4d. for each additional
tooth, up to a maximum of £1 16s. 8d. for nine teeth or more. Maximum
(including any necessary additions at 5s. per tooth) per denture, £2.
Remakes within 12 months—Half original fee.
Crowns.—£1 12s. 6d. including any necessary root treatment.
Examination and report fee where patient does not return for treatment—
2s. 6d.
The charge to be made in special X-ray cases is considered and determined
by the Committee.
In the case of Approved Society patients, the foregoing scale of charges
is applied as follows:—
(i) In the case of Approved Society patients the cost of the treatment
to the Society is based on the Approved Society Scale of Charges,
and
(ii) In the case of Approved Society patients the Council's scale of
allowances is applied to the portion of the cost of treatment not
borne by the Approved Society.
The scale of charges for treatment of school children is as follows, viz.:—
Extractions 1s., with a maximum of 5s.
Fillings 2s. 6d. per filling, maximum of 7s. 6d.
Gas 3s. 6d.
Orthodontic Treatment—Cost of appliance, plus 50 per cent.
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