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Prevention of illness care and after-care
Section 28
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis prevention, care and after-care
services for patients living at home are provided
at the Hounslow and Ashford Chest Clinics.
During 1966 there were 64 notifications of
pulmonary tuberculosis and 19 notifications of
non-pulmonary tuberculosis, compared with
70 and 11 notifications respectively in 1965.
The total number of cases on the register at the
end of the year was 2,720. Table 13 shows an
analysis of cases notified in 1966. There were 13
deaths from tuberculosis in 1966.
Recuperative Holiday Homes
During the year the borough council accepted
responsibility under Section 28 of the National
Health Service Act 1946 for the maintenance of
fifty-four persons in recuperative holiday homes.
Thirty-five were admitted to such homes and
nineteen were cancelled or withdrawn.
Loan of Nursing Equipment
The British Red Cross Society continues to
operate a scheme for the loan of nursing equipment
on behalf of the council. Charges for this
service are nominal but in certain circumstances
are abated or waived. Monies received from loan
charges enable replacement items of equipment
to be obtained.
Chiropody Service
The demand for this service continued to increase
throughout 1966 and although great difficulty
was experienced in recruiting and retaining the
services of a sufficient number of chiropodists, at
the end of the year twenty-three weekly sessions
were being held in local authority clinics compared
with eighteen during the earlier months. A
total of 1,019 clinic sessions were held at which
1,385 patients made 7,066 attendances for
treatment as follows—