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The housing problem remains acute. Twenty-eight families known to the
Committee were found to be living under unsuitable conditions. In nineteen
cases application was made to the L.C.C. for preferential consideration. Eight
of these have been given better accommodation—four of them on outlying
estates. Three families have found improved accommodation in other ways.
The majority are unable to remove from Central London on account of their
employment.
Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925.
It was not necessary to take any action under the above Regulations during
the year 1936.
Home Nursing for Tuberculous Patients.
It was necessary during the year 1936 for only one tuberculous patient to be
nursed under the arrangements made by the Council with the Metropolitan
District Nursing Association; 210 visits were made to this patient before her
death.
Dental Clinic for Tuberculous Persons.
Arrangements were continued for tuberculous persons referred from the
Tuberculosis Dispensary to receive dental treatment as part of the Council's
Tuberculosis Dispensary Scheme, at the Clinic of the British Dental Hospital,
No. 10, John Street, W.C.
Particulars of this service are given in the table below (General Dental Clinic).
The Clinic is held by the British Dental Hospital at the Council's Maternity
Centre, 10, John Street, on Tuesday evenings.
Extra Nourishment for Tuberculous Persons.
During the year 1936 the Council approved a scheme for the supply of extra
nourishment for necessitous tuberculous patients residing in the Borough. The
scheme was prepared under the Public Health (Prevention of Disease) Act, 1913,
which gives power to local authorities, subject to the approval of the Minister of
Health, to supply such extra nourishment. A circular issued by the Ministry of
Health specified the type of cases which the Minister considered could be
suitably dealt with by such grants, viz. : —
(i) Ex-sanatorium cases, where the medical condition is such that a grant
of extra nourishment is necessary to enable the patient to maintain or recover
full working capacity, and
(ii) Patients with prospects of ultimate recovery of the disease who are
waiting admission to sanatorium.
A scheme on these lines was submitted to, and sanctioned by, the Minister of
Health on the 16th May, 1936, and thereupon became operative in the Borough.