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Hammersmith 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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Eighty-two cases were referred for assistance to the following agencies:—
| Invalid Children's Aid Association | 8 |
| Charity Organisation Society | 1 |
| Unemployment Assistance Board | 4 |
| School Care Cohimittee | 10 |
| Public Assistance Committee | 44 |
| Mayor's Fund | 2 |
| United Services Fund | 12 |
| South Street Mission | 1 |
| Metropolitan Society for the Blind.. | 1 |
| Jewish Board of Guardians | 1 |
| Welfare Centre | 2 |
| Friends of the Poor | 1 |
In addition, clothing was supplied to six patients from
the Dispensary sources.
The staff consists of the Tuberculosis Officer, Dr.
6. I. Davies two Nurses, Dispenser-Secretary and Junior
Clerk.
Nursing Comforts.
The Hammersmith Borough Council has set aside an
annual grant of £15, for the use of the Tuberculosis Care
Committee, in supplying nursing comforts and appliances
to necessitous cases, in preand post-sanatorium stages.
These comforts and appliances are given out to patients on
loan, and returned to the Dispensary after use, for disinfection and further distribution.
The articles consist of rubber ring cushions, bed rests,
aluminium and rubber hot-water bottles, air cushions and
bed pans, &c.
These articles are supplied on loan, to any tuberculous
patient brought to onr notice through the usual sources,
and in this respect the co-operation of the Borough Medical
Practitioners, Hospitals and other Associations is requested.
Home nursing is provided by the District Nursing Association.