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The question now comes whether a Care Committee is necessary,
and in deciding this question I am submitting in tabular form the
duties which were suggested for such a Committee at a Conference
held at the County Hall in the Spring of 1923 :—
At present carried
out by.
Duty suggested by L.C.C.
1. The provision of extra nourishment for the family.
2. The provision of extra room or extra bed accommodation.
3. The provision of an open-air shelter for erection in
the patient's garden.
4. The removal of patient to friends or relatives in the
country.
5. The relief of the family by the boarding out of children
or the finding of work for the other members.
6. The care of the children and of the home during the
absence of the mother and housewife.
7. The finding of suitable employment.
8. The provision of financial assistance to the family.
9. While careful not to go beyond their own field, the
Care Committee should notify the public health
authorities of any obvious defects, sanitary or
otherwise, requiring investigation.
10. Assessment of children and adults who are approved
by the County Council for institutional
treatment.
11. Assessment for dentures.
Tuberculosis Officer.
Tuberculosis Officer.
Tuberculosis Officer.
Guardians and Invalid
Children's Aid Association
on information
from T.O.
Guardians and Invalid
Children's Aid Association
on information
from T.O.
Guardians and Invalid
Children's Aid Association
on information
from T.O.
Tuberculosis Officer.
Guardians.
Tuberculosis Nurses.
Interim Tuberculosis
Care Committee.
Maternity and Child
Welfare Committee.
The Interim Tuberculosis Care Committee up to the present has
only met about once a fortnight, and assessment is the only duty
which they have done systematically, as this is a duty we could not
undertake without special arrangements.
With regard to the other duties mentioned in this table, the
staff find it much quicker and more convenient to deal directly with
the various agents who could give assistance of any sort, and as a
matter of fact the Red Cross Society prefer us to adopt this procedure
with regard to cases of ex-soldiers. It is impossible to get employment