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such as Brompton, where they are paid for by the
Insurance Committee, either directly or through the medium of
the London County Council.
(B). NON-INSURED PERSONS. These may be sub-divided
into: —
(1). Housewives.
(2). Children over 16 years and unemployed.
(3). Children under 16 years—boys and girls.
(4). People over 65 years.
(5). Employed, but non-insured persons.
Non-insured persons requiring institutional treatment are
taken charge of by the London County Council, who have a certain
number of beds, scattered over the different parts of the
southern counties, for women, boys and girls. The non-pulmonary
cases in children are generally handed over to the Invalid Children's
Aid Association, commonly described as the I.C.A.A. For
treatment of children, the London County Council and the
I.C.A.A. require that payment should be made by the parents or
guardians, and this is arranged by the Interim Tuberculosis Care
Committee, who act as an Assessment Committee, the weekly
payments ranging from 2s. to 10s. 6d., according to the ability to
pay of the persons responsible. For the institutional treatment of
Tuberculosis in women the London County Council do not ask
payment, but they have very few beds, and not many cases are
got away. Non-insured persons who do not want institutional
treatment are not very well provided for at the present time, the
free treatment available consisting of general hospitals, Tuberculosis
Dispensaries, some special hospitals, Poor Law Institutions)
and, if able to pay, they can go to private practitioners.
(C). SOLDIERS AND SAILORS. The War Pensions
Committee appears to be responsible for their treatment but,
should any institutional treatment be required, they have special
beds in various sanatoria all over the country. They also avail
themselves of treatment at the Tuberculosis Dispensaries, and
domiciliary treatment is arranged for by the Pensions Committee
through the panel doctors.
For Clinical purposes, the population may be divided as
follows: —