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Interim, Tuberculosis Care Committee.
This Committee meets monthly at the Council Offices. Miss H. M. Mathieson,
the Honorary Secretary, has kindly supplied me with the following summary of
the valuable work done during the year.
During the greater part of 1920 the work of the Holborn I.T.C.C. was in
abeyance, owing to the lack of an Honorary Secretary. In consequence of this
the year 1921 has been, in some respects, abnormal.
The Committee has met nine times during the year and has dealt with 44
case, (26 new and 18 old), 23 of these having been considered for assessment.
Up till April 30th, 1921, the I.T.C.C. only dealt with the assessment of
uninsured cases, but, when Sanatorium benefit ceased to be included among the
benefits conferred by the National Health Insurance Acts, the I.T.C.C. had also
to deal with such insured cases as were not exempt from contributions towards
cost of maintenance.
Of the cases on the register of the I.T.C.C. from 1916 to December 31st, 1921,
38 have died and 56 have left the Borough; of the latter, 21 were transferred to
other I.T.C. Committees.
During the year the number of case-sheets has increased from 186 to 301;
225 cases have been visited, and a total of 680 visits have been paid. Contributions
towards the cost of maintenance of patients in residential institutions have been
collected on behalf of the L.C.C. in 14 cases; 8 of these were still under treatment
at the close of the year.