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The contributions of patients who were sent away for appropriate
institutional treatment collected by the Dispensary and
remitted to the London County Council amounted to £524 2s. 6d.
The following are some illustrations of the work done by the
Care Committee throughout the year:—
E.Y., aged 30. This patient, whose husband had died of
tuberculosis, had been working as a cleaner. She was found to
have contracted tuberculosis and sanatorium treatment was
recommended. It was doubtful at first if she could accept treatment
as she had no one to look after her three children, and she
was in need of financial assistance as her only income when she
ceased work was derived from her war pension, which was inadequate,
and she was also in need of several artices of clothing.
The Committee on enquiry found that her husband had been
in the army for many years, and they were able to arrange with the
United Services Fund for the children to be boarded out immediately
in one of their Homes. Financial assistance was granted to her,
and she was supplied with the necessary articles of clothing and
given an early vacancy in a Sanatorium. The patient was thus
enabled to go away with her mind at rest about her children, and
on completion of her treatment was discharged as fit to resume her
former work.
H.J., aged 57. Attended the Dispensary following a period
of treatment in St. James's Hospital. He was recommended for
Sanatorium treatment but in the meantime was finding it difficult
to manage. He had been working as a tailor for a firm in Savile
Row, but had been stood off work for eight months owing to trade
depression. His wife was an invalid and their only income was
derived from National Health Disablement Benefit.