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of patients' financial problems. A summer outing to the seaside
was arranged for patients and numerous fares for relatives to visit
patients in distant Sanatoria have been provided. Patients on
resettlement and retraining courses often require assistance over and
above that given by the Ministry of Labour and here the Care
Committee helps again.
The Tuberculosis Care Organiser besides acting as Secretary to
the Care Committee, deals with all the routine investigation of patients'
social, domestic and financial affairs and where necessary
arranges for the appropriate National Health Insurance and National
Assistance grants. Apart from these duties, there are innumerable
problems about which patients consult her and where her advice
and encouragement to the patient is invaluable.
Non-Tuberculous Chest Diseases.
The Clinic has continued to deal with a large number of nontuberculous
chest cases including bronchitis, asthma, bronchiectasis,
lung abscess, industrial lung diseases and carcinoma of the lung.
General Statistics :
Number of new out-patients 2,341
Total number of out-patient attendances 9,373
Total number of Radiological examinations 9,169
Attendances for Artificial Pneumothorax Refills 2,361
Visits by Chest Physician to patients in their houses 100
Number of B.C.G. Vaccinations 159
Number of Home visits by Health Visitors 3,816
Number of contacts examined for first time 498