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In 7 of the 15 cases for which dentures were provided. the persons were so poor that no
assessment was made, and in the other eight cases the assessments totalled £9. Up to the end of
the year £6 9s. had been collected by the Tuberculosis Care Committee on behalf of the Council.
THE BOROUGH TUBERCULOSIS CARE COMMITTEE.
The Interim Tuberculosis Care Committee continued their services up to November 30th, on
which date the Borough Tuberculosis Care Committee was definitely constituted in accordance
with the proposals brought forward by the Public Health Committee and approved by the Council
in July, 1922.
The constitution and membership of the Committee are as follows:—
(1) Borough Council—Councillor Miss C. Keeling, Chairman of the Public Health
Committee, Councillor Miss M. H. Joseph, Councillor Miss M. Drysdale and
Miss R. F. Alexander.
(2) London County Council—Dr. A. W. Sikes, Divisional Medical Officer, and
Miss G. M. S. Paddon, District Organiser of the School Care Committees.
(3) Kensington School Care Committees—Miss A. Webster.
(4) Kensington Invalid Children's Aid Association—Dr. E. F. Hatton and Miss R.
Marwood.
(5) Kensington Charity Organisation Society—Mrs. E. Weber and Miss. O. A. Nixon.
(6) Brompton Hospital—Miss A. Moses.
(7) Kensington Board of Guardians—Councillor Miss A. G. E. Carthew.
(8) Kensington District Nursing Association—Miss E. D. Gibbes.
(9) Kensington War Pensions Committee—One representative.
(10) Kensal House School—Miss C. D. Clay.
(11) London Insurance Committee—Dr. H. H. Mills.
(12) Ex-officio members—Medical Officer of Health, Tuberculosis Officer for North
Kensington, Tuberculosis Officer for South Kensington, and two Women Health
Officers.
The Committee, at their first meeting, appointed Councillor Miss Carthew as Chairman,
Councillor Miss Joseph as Vice-Chairman, and Miss Hargrave, one of the Council's Women Health
Officers, as Secretary.
The Committee decided to meet fortnightly, on alternate Thursday mornings, at the Town
Hall and, in order to ensure that the activities of the Committee shall prove effective, they have
framed a set of regulations which are to be observed by the Secretary of the Care Committee and
the various persons working in co-operation with that Committee.
PREVENTIVE WORK IN RELATION TO TUBERCULOSIS.
The treatment of tuberculosis is preventive in so far as it cures the patient and renders him
non-infective to others, but, in addition to this method of prevention, the Council undertake various
other measures with a view to limiting the spread of this disease.
For the sake of brevity, the action taken during the year for the prevention of consumption
may be summarised af follows:—

In previous years visits have been paid by the Council's Women Health Officers for the special
purpose of taking preventive measures, and other visits have been paid to the same homes by
nurses attached to the Dispensary and Brompton Hospital nurses in connection with treatment.
In the year 1922, the treatment and preventive visiting in the North Dispensary area were
combined, and at each of the visits indicated in the above Table the Health Officer took into her
purview the questions of both treatment and prevention. In addition, a certain number of visits
were paid by nurses from Brompton Hospital to patients in South Kensington, but these were for
the purpose of treatment only.