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During 1933 the number of patients to whom grants of milk
and eggs were made was 147, and the total cost to the Council was
£327 17s. Id.

After-Care.— Reference has already been made in this Report
to the additional duties placed upon the Hackney and Stoke
Newington Tuberculosis Care Committee in connection with the
assessment and collection of contributions towards the cost of
residential treatment. This work, of course, occupies a large
part of the time of the Care Committee and its workers, some 350
assessments being made and over £600 in contributions being collected
during the year ended 31st March, 1933, but the Committee also
render valuable assistance to patients and their families in securing
the provision of clothing required by patients during their sanatorium
treatment, the supply of bed clothing, securing grants towards the
cost of dental treatment, advising and helping patients regarding
their disability benefits, and so on.
At the handicrafts class instituted by the Care Committee
patients receive instruction in the making of gloves, fancy leather
goods, baskets, trays, stools, chairs, etc., and in barbola and fancy
bead work. The class meets weekly at the offices of the Care
Committee and there is an average attendance of eleven patients.
Disinfection.— Disinfection of rooms and their contents is
offered in all cases of pulmonary tuberculosis after death or removal
to hospital or sanatoria.
Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925.—
These Regulations confer powers upon local authorities enabling
them to prevent persons suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis from
entering the milk trade and to require persons to discontinue any
occupation involving the handling of milk when they are found to
be suffering from the disease in an infective stage.
Fortunately, it has not been necessary to take formal action
under the Regulations.