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The Tuberculosis Care Committee.
The object of the Care Committee is to supplement
the medical treatment so that the latter can be rendered
more effective. The majority of the members of the
Committee are voluntary workers with many years
experience of social or other public service, and are
also members of the various organisations to which
cases are referred for help. Each member represents
one of these agencies and is thus able to speak on behalf
of patients requiring assistance. In this way help is
obtained from the Charity Organisation Society, the
Invalid Children's Aid Association, the British Red
Cross Society, the United Services Fund, the Peterborough
Benevolent Society and the Guardians.
The work of the Committee has been described in
some detail in previous annual reports, and it is only
necessary to mention a few of the outstanding features.
The Committee itself gives no financial help and acts
purely in an advisory capacity. The meetings take
place once a fortnight and the members, more especially
those representing the Charity Organisation Society
and the Invalid Children's Aid Association, also visit
the patients' homes for various purposes. Patients or
their relatives are expected to pay part of the cost
of institutional treatment according to their circumstances,
and a member of the Committee visits in order
to ascertain the income and expenditure. The weekly
payments have to be collected by the visitor and this