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27
1937
PUBLIC HEALTH (PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS)
REGULATIONS, 1925.
These Regulations provide that no person suffering from respiratory tuberculosis
who is in an infective condition shall be engaged in any form of dairy work
involving the milking of cows, the treatment of milk, or the handling of containers.
One such case came to our knowledge during the course of the year. The
patient did not continue his work and was admitted at once to hospital, after which
he did not return to Islington.
ISLINGTON TUBERCULOSIS CARE COMMITTEE.
Much good work is being done by this Committee, and since it has now
completed one year of its newly constituted form, the present appears to be a
suitable opportunity of summarising the aims and composition of the Committee.
To quote from the Annual Report of the Care Committee Secretary, " It is the
function of the Committee in each area to render effective assistance to tuberculous
persons and their families when needed. Such help varies according to the individual
needs and it has been the constant aim of the Committee to study the individual
and to obtain appropriate aid, but this involves knowledge of, and co-operation
with other social agencies. . . . The Committee consists of representatives of the
Borough Council and social workers in the district. Bringing together many persons
connected with social welfare, in one way and another, it has been possible to assist
and advise in a variety of ways.
" The Committee has at its disposal the money raised locally by the Annual
Seal Sale Appeal run under the auspices of the National Association for the Prevention
of Tuberculosis. So valuable has the fund proved to be that the number of appeal
circulars issued in 1937 was doubled, with the result that £127 was taken, and a
net profit of £99 11s. 9d. made as compared with £54 9s. 4d. the previous year.
" There have been many calls on the fund, but the most frequent request has
been for fares to visit patients in sanatoria. The following list will give an idea
of the different ways in which the Committee has been able to give financial help
to tuberculous patients and their families from the Care Committee fund :—
£
Fares to sanatoria 60
Removal expenses 2
Cases helped in co-operation with other
agencies 12
Pocket money 8
Beds and bedding 2
Extra nourishment 1
Payment of rent 2
Holidays 3
Grants from other agencies administered
by Care Committee 4
Miscellaneous 8