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The Nurses visit the tuberculosis population on notification
and thereafter as far as possible at intervals of six
months or less, as may appear advisable. During the
year 4,101 such visits were made.
In addition to the ordinary health visits paid by them
the Dispensary Nurses undertake duties in connection
with the investigation of the social circumstances of the
households in which the patients belong. The result of
these inquiries are submitted to the Tuberculosis Care
Committee and form the basis upon which the Committee
makes its decision in the assessment of individual cases.
During the year 171 Home-Inquiry Schedules were submitted
to the Committee.
Tuberculosis Care Committee.
This Committee is formed of representatives of the
following bodies : the Borough Council, the County Council,
the local Public Assistance Committee, the Red Cross
Society, the United Services Fund, the Charity Organisation
Society, the Invalid Children's Aid Association, the
Labour Exchange and the Local Medical Practitioners,
and meets every three weeks on Thursday for the
purpose of considering how patients and their households
can best be helped and the amount of contribution, if
any, which should be collected towards the cost of institutional
treatment under the London County Council's
Tuberculosis Scheme.
The Committee met on 16 occasions during the year.
There were submitted by the staff 172 applications for
residential treatment, an increase of 29 compared with
1931. The Committee decided in 141 of these cases that
no payment should be required in respect of such treatment.
In the remaining 81 assessments of varying
amounts were made. In 30 instances, reconsideration of
these assessments was rendered necessary at subsequent
meetings, mainly by changes in the family circumstances.