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WORK OF TUBERCULOSIS HEALTH VISITOR.
This officer paid 3,310 visits to cases.
SUPPLY OF SPUTUM OUTFITS.
During the year 55 sputum flasks were distributed
to patients. Forty-eight sputum tins, with 2,042
cardboard refills, were distributed to patients for use
indoors.
GRANTS OF EXTRA NOURISHMENT.
The arrangements with regard to grants of extra
nourishment to tuberculous patients were fully reported
in my Annual Report for 1921, and were continued,
without material change, during 1924.
During the year 283 grants were made at an
estimated cost of £160. One hundred and thirty-nine
patients were dealt with, 29 of whom were still
receiving nourishment at the end of the year.
TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY.
A full report on the work of the Dispensary,
by Dr. H. T. Howell, the Clinical Tuberculosis Officer,
appears in the appendix to this report on page 77.
DENTAL TREATMENT FOR TUBERCULOSIS
PATIENTS.
By arrangement with the City of London Hospital
for Diseases of the Heart and Lungs, the revised
scheme for the dental treatment of Tuberculosis Dispensary
patients found to require such treatment
came into operation on the Ist July, 1923. In accordance
with this scheme, patients are dealt with in the
Dental Department of the Hospital at an agreed
charge of 6s. 8d. per attendance. During 1924, 16