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before admission was 7 days. Of these patients, 115 were discharged
during the year, leaving 57 under treatment at the end of
the year. Definite improvement as a result of institutional treatment
was shown in 56 cases. Forty patients discharged themselves
while undergoing institutional treatment.
The results of treatment in 100 of the cases discharged from
sanatorium during the year are shown in the following table :—
Results of Institutional Treatment.
Grade.
Quiescent.
Much
Improved.
Improved.
In statu
quo.
No
material
improvement.
Worse.
Died.
t.c.
O.R.
t.c.
O.R.
t.c.
O.R.
t.c.
O.R.
t.c.
O.R.
t.c.
O.R.
A
3
-
2
1
3
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
Bi
-
-
1
-
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
B. ii
1
-
8
7
13
12
-
-
5
11
-
-
12
B iii
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
-
5
Non-Pulmonary
2
-
1
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
T.C. = treatment completed. O.R.= own request.
Tuberculosis Dental Clinic.
Dental facilities for tuberculous patients were first provided by
the Council in 1922. A weekly session is held at the Dental centre,
Southlands, and patients requiring treatment or the provision of
dentures are referred to the clinic by the Tuberculosis Medical
Officers. The number of sessions held during 1936 was 50, and 275
attendances were made, the average attendance per session being
5 • 5. The work carried out included :—Extractions, 86 ; scalings,
21 ; fillings, 46 ; dentures supplied—whole sets 3, partial sets 3 ,
repairs to dentures, 2 ; dressings, 28 ; advice, 62 (average per
session, 5) ; total, 251. The net cost to the Council during
the financial year 1936-37 for this service was £99 19s. 3d.
X-ray Examinations.
In March the London County Council offered to the Borough
Councils the use (at scale charges) of the X-ray apparatus at their
general hospitals for the examination of tuberculous patients.
The Council in September accepted the offer, and from the 12th
October onwards the Tuberculosis Officer carried out 142 such
examinations at St. James's Hospital. Prior to that date X-ray
examinations had been carried out by the radiologists of St. Thomas's
Hospital (to which the Dispensary is affiliated) under the arrangement
already existing with that Institution. The number of
examinations there was 259, making a total of 401 during the year.
Two afternoon sessions and one in the evening are held weekly
at St. James's Hospital for this purpose.