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Tuberculosis Dental Treatment.
Total attendances 274
Sessions held 49
Average attendance per session 5.59
Extractions, 58; scalings, 5; fillings, 28; dentures
supplied—whole sets, 8; partial sets, 4; repairs to
dentures, 4; dressings, 15; advice, 89 (average per
session, 4.3) Total 211
The Tuberculous Care Committee.
The following is a summary of the work carried out by the
Committee during 1930:—
Battersea Borough Council—extra nourishment, 137;
dentures, 6 143
Wandsworth Board of Guardians (later Public Assistance
Committee)—financial assistance, 4; clothing,
7; other assistance, 1 12
Charity Organisation Society—financial, 9; dentures,
1; clothing, 5 15
United Services Fund—financial, 9; clothing, 8 17
Other Agencies—financial, 3; clothing, 1; dentures,
2; other assistance, 4 10
Training and Employment—suitable agencies, 13;
previous employers, 2; Health Committee, 1 16
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 £791 0s. 5d.
The following are some illustrations of the work done by the
Care Committee throughout the year:—
M.B., aged 33. This patient who was a married woman with
five children, had received Sanatorium treatment previously, but
had broken down and had to be sent away for a further period of
treatment. The Committee were able to arrange for the boarding
out of her children, to obtain suitable clothing for her, and in view
of the crowded home conditions to obtain a house on one of the
London County Council estates to which she removed on her discharge
from hospital.
H.R., aged 23. Attended the Dispensary and was found to be
suffering from Tuberculosis. He had then only his National Health
Insurance benefit to keep himself and his wife, and he had to pawn
the only suitable clothing he had for going away. His wife was
expecting her first baby, and had made arrangements to go into
the Maternity Home, but she had been unable to keep up her payments
towards the cost of her maintenance.
The Committee were able to obtain financial assistance at
once, also to obtain some new clothing for the patient and to