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enables the Committee to ascertain any change in the
circumstances of the family.
The Committee have been able to send a large
number of patients to convalescent or other homes or
to be boarded out in the country; many of these
patients could not be sent away by a purely official
body such as a local authority. A considerable number
of patients have been given financial help or have been
provided with food or clothing during the year.
Beds and bed-clothing are lent out in order to
enable patients to sleep alone.
The accompanying table and illustrative cases
compiled by Miss Sargent, secretary of the Committee,
will give an indication of the amount of useful work
that is being done.
Summary of Cases referred by the Care Committee
to different agencies for assistance, showing
the Help Given by each Agency.
Charity Organisation Society.
4 patients sent to homes for advanced cases.
5 patients sent to Convalescent Homes.
I patient sent to hospital.
3 children (not patients) boarded out.
9 patients helped with dental treatment (extractions
and dentures).
3 patients helped with clothing.
7 families assisted financially.
1 patient assisted with surgical appliance.
5 families referred for friendly advice—in one of
these the visit resulted in the Society making
arrangements for the future of the orphan
child.
In addition to these cases, eight* patients were
recommended for convalescent treatment, seven of
whom withdrew their applications and one the Society
declined to arrange for.
Three other patients were referred for dental treatment
which it was not possible to arrange.