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SUPPLY OF SPUTUM OUTFITS.
During the year 11 sputum flasks were distributed
to patients. Twenty sputum tins, with 1,484 cardboard
refills, were distributed to patients for use
indoors.
OPEN AIR SLEEPING SHELTER.
The Council's Open Air Sleeping Shelter has been
in use by one patient during the year. Unfortunately,
owing to the limited space available in the yards and
gardens attached to the houses in the borough, very
little extension of use can be made of this valuable
adjunct to treatment.
SANATORIUM TREATMENT.
During the year 175 patients were recommended
to the London County Council for Sanatorium Treatment,
and 153 of them were sent away for such
treatment. I am not acquainted with the reasons for
the non-acceptance of the other cases.
GRANTS OF EXTRA NOURISHMENT.
The arrangements with regard to grants of extra
nourishment to necessitous tuberculous patients were
fully reported in the Annual Report for 1921, and were
continued during 1927. Since 21st February, 1926,
Grade A (Tuberculin Tested) Milk has been given
instead of ordinary milk.
During the year 288 grants of milk and eggs
were made to 102 patients at an estimated cost of
£313. Three patients were 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,
together with a copy of the new Annual Return to the
Ministry of Health appears in the appendix to this
report on page 110.