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Sanocrysin Injections.
The Borough Council has made arrangements with Brompton
Hospital under which they guarantee payment of a fee (3s. 6d. per
injection) in respect of cases sent in by the Tuberculosis Medical
Officer and where his concurrence has been obtained before the injections
are given. During the year one patient made three attendances
for this treatment.
Dental Treatment.
Dental treatment for tuberculous patients is given by arrangement
with the British Dental Hospital. Patients in need of dental
aid may obtain treatment at this Hospital, 31, Camden Road, N.W.1,
on Wednesdays at 11 a.m. During the year, three patients attended
and the total attendances were eight.
Finsen-Light Treatment.
During 1935, one Dispensary patient made 48 attendances at a
Light Treatment Centre for Finsen-Light Treatment, the Council
paying a fee per attendance.
Home Nursing.
The Staff of the two local District Nursing Associations are
available for the nursing of requisite cases.
Supply of Beds and Shelter.
The Borough Council supply a shelter to any suitable case where
there is accommodation for the erection of such. The Borough
Council also supply on loan single beds and bedding in order to effect
the separation of infectious cases of Tuberculosis.
Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925.
No person suffering from Tuberculosis of the respiratory tract,
and being in an infectious state, may work in connection with a dairy
which would involve milking, treatment of milk, or handling milk
vessels. No case arose during the year necessitating action to be taken
under these Regulations.
Tuberculosis Care Committee.
The Borough Council makes a grant of £100 per annum towards
the administrative expenses of the voluntary Care Committee, and is
represented upon it by Mr. Alderman H. Baily, M.B.E., Councillor
Mrs. M. F. Dow, M.A., and Councillor Mrs. C. E. Samuel, M.A.,
M.B.E.