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The following arrangements obtain with respect to other treatment,
etc.:—
Dental Plates.—Cost price is charged and payments may be
made by instalments.
Spectacles.—Cost price is charged and payments may be made
by instalments.
Operative Treatment of Tonsils and Adenoids.—5s. per case.
X-Ray Treatment.—5s. per case.
Drugs and Medicinal Foods.—Cost price.
Where the family income does not exceed that of the scale adopted
by the Education Committee and approved by the Board of Education,
treatment is given at less than cost price, or free.
EXAMINATIONS BY THE MEDICAL OFFICERS.
All entrants to the Education Committee's permanent service are
examined by the Medical Officers. Children taking part in stage performances
are also medically examined and re-examined.
FOOD ACCESSORIES AND DRUGS.
During the year, Cod Liver Oil, Malt and Oil, Parrish's Food,
Syrupus Ferri Iodidi, and Syrupus Calcii Lactophosphatis have been
supplied when necessary, on the recommendation of the Medical Officers,
to children attending the Treatment Centres.
The following quantities have been dispensed at cost price, at less
than cost price, or gratuitously, according to circumstances:—
Cod Liver Oil and Malt 1,315 lbs.
Parrish's Food 402 lbs.
Cod Liver Oil 362 ozs.
Syrupus Ferri Iodidi 1,901 ozs.
Syrupus Calcii Lactophosphatis 1,813 ozs.