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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.
Handicrafts Class.
In consequence of the establishment of a Handicrafts Class for
tuberculous patients, which was organised by the Hampstead Tuberculosis
Care Committee and the St. Pancras Care Committee, the
Council in May considered a letter from the Secretary of the Hampstead
Borough Tuberculosis Care Committee with regard to the cost
of organising the class, and resolved that during the current financial
year, the grant of £100 to the Borough Tuberculosis Care Committee
in respect of their administrative services should be increased by the
sum of £10 to £110. Additional financial assistance in establishing
the class was obtained from the National Association for the Prevention
of Tuberculosis.
The class is under the care of a qualified Handicrafts Instructress
supplied by the London County Council.
It has proved to be a great success, and has been consistently well
attended. A class of this sort is a very necessary adjunct to a tuberculosis
after-care scheme. It provides the patients with a hobby to
relieve the drab existence of chronic ill-health, and brings a new
interest into their lives.
Most of the patients showed a distinct aptitude for this sort of
work and articles made by them were displayed and sold at the
Exhibition of Handicrafts, arranged by the Tuberculosis After-care
Committees of (London.
Under the present arrangements, whereby most of the London
Boroughs have classes of (their own, working more or less independently,
the scheme has a very restricted scope. This applies particularly
to male patients, who could, with advantage, attend larger
centres for woodwork, etc. Many of the males who are fit only for