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train left in a few hours. A telephone message to the London
County Council procured the promise of a refund if the money
could be advanced as there was no time to send a voucher, and D.
returned that afternoon to Broadstairs to complete her treatment.
E.—Came to us on her discharge from sanatorium in September,
1925. She was then twenty-one, and had lost her father and
brother from tuberculosis, but her mother, by money earned by
going out as a daily cook (together with the patient's insurance
benefit), was able to keep a home together. This, however,
necessitated the girl being left alone for the whole of the day, and
early in 1926 application was made to the London County Council
for further residential treatment, but was refused. The case was
then referred to the Charity Organisation Society, who procured
her admission to the Eversfield Chest Hospital, and kept her there
for three months. She came back improved, but not fit for work,
and another application to the London County Council resulted
in her admission to a residential institution, where she still is.
Summary of Statistics.
Number of new patients—
Insured 218
Uninsured 373
Total 591
Number of attendances—
Insured 1,741
Uninsured 2,876
Total 4,617
Number of patients who have attended, both old and new 1,465
Number of Notifications—Pulmonary
208
Non-pulmonary 67
Total 275
Number of sputa examined 1,610
Number of Physical examinations 3,412
Number of Contacts examined 405
Number of home visits paid by doctors 411
Consultations 70
Total 481