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Expectant and nursing mothers and children are referred from
all the maternity and child welfare centres in the Borough to these
Clinics for treatment.
Under this scheme the Council's Dental Surgeon, Mr. H. C.
Middleton, L.D.S., and the Anaesthetist, Dr. A. W. F. Edmonds,
are paid a fee for each attendance at the Clinics. Payment is also
made to the Dental Surgeon in respect of the supply of dentures.
Those patients who are able to contribute towards the cost of
their dental treatment are charged fees of 1s. or 2s. for the course
of treatment, excluding dentures.
The scale of charges for the supply of dentures is the same as
that operating in the case of the supply of milk to necessitous cases,
the maximum charge to those persons coming within the scale being
£4 for a complete set of dentures (upper and lower). If, however,
the income of the family is more than that allowed under the scale,
the National Health Insurance scale is applied, i.e., an amount from
£4 0s. 0d. to £5 10s. 0d., according to circumstances.
Every applicant for dental treatment is required to fill in a
special "Dental Treatment Application Form," to be obtained only
at the Welfare Centres. The application is then considered and a
voucher issued to the applicant authorising treatment at the Clinics.
This voucher is only available for six months.