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The Tuberculosis Care Committee.
The Care Committee met weekly during 1925, and the following
is a summary of the work carried out by the Committee:—
In Need of Assistance
Battersea Borough Council—extra nourishment 88
Wandsworth Board of Guardians—for relief, 15;
extra nourishment, 14; other forms of assistance,
14 43
Charity Organisation Society—financial assistance,
6; dentures, 9; bed and bedding, 10; other
assistance, 2 27
British Red Cross Society—financial assistance, 4;
bed and bedding, 1 5
United Services Fund—financial assistance, 4;
clothing, 4; bed and bedding, 1; other
assistance 1 10
London County Council—housing accommodation,
3; re-imbursement of cost of funeral expenses,
2; extension of period of deferred payments
of instalments of purchase of house, 1 6
National Society for Prevention of Cruelty to
Children 1
Royal Naval Benevolent Fund—financial assistance 1
British Legion—financial assistance 1
Battersea Charity Trustees—Educational grant 1
Other Agencies 5
Training and Employment
Former Employers or suitable agencies 9
Local Employment Exchange and Chief Area Officer
for discharged Ex-service men 1
The contributions of patients who were sent away for appropriate
Institutional treatment, collected by the Dispensary and
remitted to the London County Council, amounted to £324 19s. 8d.
Tuberculosis Dental Treatment
Total attendances 302
Sessions held 47
Average attendance per session 6.4
Extractions 240; scalings, 18; fillings, 24; dentures,
13; repairs to dentures, 1; dressings,
19; advice, 92 (average, 8.7) 407