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Tuberculosis Care Committee.
This Committee is formed of representatives of the
following bodies: the Borough Council, the London County
Council, the local Public Assistance Committee, the Red
Cross Society, the District Nursing Association, the Charity
Organisation Society, the Invalid Children's Aid Association,
the London Insurance Committee and the Local
Medical Practitioners.
The Committee met on 12 occasions during the year.
The London County Council are now providing free
clothing, dental treatment and spectacles to suitable cases
undergoing sanatorium treatment.
A Sale of Christmas Seals was organised for the first
time by the members of the Tuberculosis Care Committee
under the auspices of the National Association for the
Prevention of Tuberculosis. The Sale proved a great
success, £126 17s. 7d. was collected with a net result of
£97 8s. Od. This is known as the Tuberculosis After-Care
Committee Fund " and is used to assist suitable patients in
matters not provided for under other schemes.
Extra nourishment is provided by the Borough Council
to patients before entering institutions and on discharge.
„ This grant is made by the Borough Council under the
Public Health (Prevention and Treatment of Disease) Act,
1913. The suitability of the patients for participating in
this grant rests with the Tuberculosis Officer after consideration
of the clinical and social features of the case.
During the year two hundred and forty-one applications
for residential treatment were submitted to the London
County Council. Particulars of the financial position of the
family are taken in each case so that suitable help can be
rendered to necessitous cases.