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the Committee. The Mayor kindly granted the interview
requested and showed great sympathy with the
objects, but pointed out that his first preoccupation
must be to help the healthy unemployed ex-service
men with many of whose cases he was already dealing.
He promised, however, to give his kindly attention to
the matter in future and to help as far as possible
any specific cases which might be brought to his notice.
The Committee therefore decided that the best way of
tackling the situation at the present time would be to
go carefully into the social circumstances of all patients
on their discharge from sanatoria, with special reference
to their future work, a policy which was adopted during
the latter half of the year. Apart from this innovation
the work of the Committee has continued as previously,
and I would like to thank the Chairman, the Secretary
and the other members, for the time so ungrudgingly
devoted to a task always difficult, and frequently one
fears, disheartening.
Illustrative Cases by Miss Sargent.
A. was a young girl of seventeen when she first attended
the Dispensary in 1926. Found to be suffering from pulmonary
tuberculosis, she was admitted to Brompton Hospital
and from thence to Winchmore Hill under the London County
Council's tuberculosis scheme, returning home in November
of that year. She gradually began to lose ground and in
May, 1927, the London County Council were asked to send
her away again but were unable to do so.
The home circumstances were very straightened as the
father was out of work and the Guardians were accordingly
asked to allow extra nourishment for the patient, which
they did. Recourse was then had to the Charity Organisation
Society, who very kindly procured her admission to
the Eversfield Chest Hospital, undertaking all financial
responsibility and fitting the patient out with clothes which
in themselves were an aid to recovery.
A. made such good progress at Eversfield that when
her time there was up, the London County Council undertook
to continue her treatment and she was transferred
practically direct to Winchmore Hill.
B. was a girl of 22, who was recommended by St. George's
Hospital for institutional treatment. On visiting the home