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patients received gifts of clothing, etc., on proceeding to
Sanatorium; 10 beds or bedding to relieve sleeping accommodation at home were given, and 14 patients were given letters for
convalescent treatment.
A sum of £119 5s. 0d.. was collected from patients and
their relatives on behalf of the London County Council towards
the cost of treatment.
Handicraft Class.-—This class has now been established
15 months and the success which has attended it is due, in most
part, to the great enthusiasm of Miss Johnston, the Honorary
Secretary of the Tuberculosis Care Committee. She has been
untiring in her efforts to promote Concerts, Dramatic Entertainments, Garden Parties, etc. Without the financial aid obtained
from such sources it would have been impossible to carry on
the work, for there is no official grant of any kind. To all
those who sold or bought tickets or assisted in any way, our
appreciation and thanks are due.
At the same time acknowledgment must be made of the
services of Miss Forth, the excellent teacher who has been with
the class since its formation. Her manner towards the patients,
in all of whom she appears to take a separate and special
interest, makes her services most valuable. She spares no pains
to interest them in their work.
The work of the class and the methods adopted were fully
explained last year, but it may be mentioned that the variety of
articles for sale has been greatly extended and now includes
glove-making, pewter work and pottery painting. During the
year several "sales of work'" were held (one in conjunction
with the adjoining Boroughs of Deptford and Lewisham), and
the results were fairly successful. The difficulty still remains,
however, for obtaining a "good market," and every information
will be gladly given to any who would like to assist in this
direction.
The number of patients on the Register at the end of the
year was 23 with an average attendance of from 17 to 18. The
London County Council, who provide the teacher, limit the class
to 20 members.
The benefit to the patients is obvious and considerable
to all who know them. They are invariably cheerful and
interested and free from that depression which is one of the
most difficult problems a patient suffering from Pulmonary
Tuberculosis has to fight against.