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porary part-time assistant in the Public Health Department under the
administrative control of the Medical Officer of Health, and to give not
less than 16 hours weekly to the work.
The Council at its meeting on the 27th October resolved that the
tuberculosis care committee work in Hampstead should be taken over
by the Council as from 1st November, 1938, such work to be one of the
functions of the Public Health Committee and that a Sub-Committee
should be appointed by that Committee to deal with the actual detailed
work, consisting of six members of the Public Health Committee and
advisory representatives appointed by the following bodies, viz.:—
London County Council—2 representatives; London Insurance Committee—1
representative; Hampstead Council of Social Welfare—2
representatives; Invalid Children's Aid Association—1 representative.
It was thought that the County Council representatives should be from
the Public Assistance Section and that a temporary part-time assistant
should be appointed whose duties would include general clerical work
and interviews, attendance at dispensary sessions, and such other duties
as the Medical Officer of Health might from time to time direct; such
officer not to engage in home visiting other than in exceptional cases
as directed by the Medical Officer of Health, since the information as
to home conditions is obtained by the Tuberculosis Health Visitor
during her routine visits.
With regard to certain outstanding amounts incurred by the
Tuberculosis Care Committee in respect of administrative expenses, it
was decided to make a grant of £255 for administrative expenses to
enable the affairs of the Committee to be wound up forthwith.
Details of the work carried out during the year are tabulated
below:—
Cases reviewed 299
New cases (included in above) 60
Interviews with patients by Assistant for
Care Work:—
(a) At homes of patients 54
(b) Otherwise 637