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Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925.
No action was found necessary under the provisions of these
Regulations, which relate to the occurrence of Tuberculosis among
persons engaged in the handling of milk.
Revision of Notification Register.
In accordance with the suggestion of the Ministry of Health
the Tuberculosis Notification register is periodically revised, and
during 1938 the names of 24 patients were removed from the register
as compared with 38 in 1937.
The County of London (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930.
Thirteen children were, by arrangement with the Invalid
Children's Aid Association, boarded out under the scheme of the
London County Council under the above Regulations, in addition
to four sent in the previous year whose period extended into 1938.
TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY.
The Tuberculosis Dispensary, which was founded by a voluntary
society in 1911, is situate at Southlands, Shuttleworth Road.
The staff engaged on Tuberculosis work at the Dispensary
will be found on pages 3 and 4.
The transfer of the tuberculosis wards from St. James's hospital
to St. John's hospital (referred to in the previous annual report)
became effective in August, 1938. The Tuberculosis Officer, who
continues to act as honorary Tuberculosis Consultant to the London
County Council, paid weekly visits in that capacity to the hospitals.
After the transfer he continued to visit St. James's hospital when
requested by the Medical Superintendent.
The Tuberculosis Medical Officer and one of the tuberculosis
nurses are employed part-time in the medical inspection of children
attending Springwell House Open Air School, Clapham Common
North Side. Children exposed to infection in their homes are now
eligible for admission to the school, in addition to notified cases.
The contribution made by the London County Council towards
the cost of the dispensary treatment of tuberculosis is at present
£1,084 per annum. The triennial revision of the amount of the
grant, which will take effect in 1939 was commenced during the
year.
The investigations of a scholar appointed by the Royal College
of Physicians into the early stages of tuberculosis (referred to in
the annual report for 1935) were continued at the Dispensary during
the year.