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In addition the Care Committee has its own Voluntary Fund from
which loans and grants was made to 29 necessitous cases not eligible
or suitable for help from other sources.
The Care Committee received a grant of 150 articles of new
clothing from Queen Mary's London Needlework Guild. These were
distributed to necessitous cases attending the Dispensary or being sent
away for institutional treatment. The necessary clothing coupons have,
of course, to be collected for these articles (474).
The Committee have granted 16 applications for the loan of
invalid requisites during the year.
The Care Committee Secretary visits the Tuberculosis Wards of
St. John's Hospital (the local L.C.C. General Hospital) each week
with a view to keeping in touch with the patients there and attending
to their needs and the needs of their families during the patient's
absence. The Chairman of the Committee visits these patients at
Christmas time to distribute a small sum of money to each Battersea
patient in the Wards, and visits are paid at varying intervals by other
members of the Committee.
From their Voluntary Fund the Committee have, during the year,
made immediate advances of money on loan to patients, or their
dependants, pending payment under the Tuberculosis Allowance
Scheme. Advances of this kind have been made in 71 cases and the
total sum advanced amounted to £96 8s. 6d. The whole of this
amount was recovered when the allowances were received. By
advancing these amounts, the Committee are able to prevent hardship
and difficulty arising pending the official payment.
The Committee have to report with great regret the death of
Mrs. Bowler on January 21st, 1947. She had been a member of the
Tuberculosis Care Committee for many years and Chairman of the
Committee since 1944.
The Committee would also like to thank The National Deposit
Friendly Society and the London Co-operative Society and other subscribers
who continued their help throughout the year, and the Family
Welfare Association, British Red Cross Society, British Legion and
other Societies for their help and support in dealing with cases.