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Contributions towards the cost of treatment and maintenance amounting to
£248. 10s. Gd. were collected on behalf of the London County Council in 36 cases—
28 adults and eight children. Eight of these were still under treatment at the
close of the year. Three cases were referred to the Official Collector of the London
County Council on account of non-payment of contributions.
Fifteen quarterly reports on eight children were received from the London
County Council and the information contained therein conveyed to the parents.
Nine hundred and fifty-four visits have been paid to patients or their families
during the year in addition to visits to Societies, Schools, Hospitals, Approved
Societies, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Pensions, Relieving Officer, etc., in
connection with cases.
The Committee gratefully acknowledges the co-operation and assistance of
other organisations and societies, especially that of the British Legion and United
Services Fund Benevolent Committee, the British Bed Cross Emergency Help
Fund, the Charity Organisation Society, and the Invalid Children's Aid
Association.
Nine families have removed from the district during the year; of these, three
obtained accommodation through the London County Council. One family was
transferred to the Care Committee of another Borough. One family obtained
better accommodation within the Borough
Twenty-six patients known to the Committee have died during the year. Of
these, 10 died in L.C.C. Institutions, eight died at home, five died in the Guardians'
Hospitals, two in Voluntary Hospitals, and one in a Home for the Dying.
Convalescence has been arranged in five cases. Two were sent away with
Convalescent Home letters, two through the Invalid Children's Aid Association,
and one through Stafford's Charity. One child was sent away through the
Shaftesbury Society while her mother was undergoing institutional treatment.
Three children were sent away through the L.C.C. Contact Scheme; the children
in another family were recommended under the Contact Scheme, but the mother
made other arrangements for sending them away.
One case was referred to the Borough Council for assistance to obtain dentures.
The patient 's Approved Society contributed half the cost and the Borough Council
granted the balance.
Nine widows were helped with their applications for the Widows' Pension;
one patient was helped to make her will—which eased her mind considerably;
several were helped with their National Health Insurance difficulties and many
others were helped in a variety of small ways. For one patient an appeal was
made to the B.R.C.S. Library Committee for books on a technical subject. The
patient, an active young man, had found institutional treatment very wearisome,
and had discharged himself. He was given a second chance, and a grant of books
on his favourite subject enabled him to settle down to complete his treatment.
Meetings of the Standing Conference of Metropolitan Borough Tuberculosis
Care Committees were held in March, June and November, and were attended by
representatives of the Committee.