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Conclusions:
The figures for 1962 and the past 3 years showed that no decrease in
casefinding has taken place and that optimistic forecasts of
eradication are premature and indeed misleading.
Tuberculosis Care Committee
The London County Council is responsible for care and after care work under Section
28 of the National Health Service Act, 1946 but the Islington Tuberculosis Care Committee
remains in being, working in conjunction with the Islington Chest Clinic, and Members of
the Borough Council and the Medical Officer of Health serve on this Committee. The
Tuberculosis Care Committee is able to assist patients in many ways, including the
provision of extra nourishment, while loans of beds, bedding and medical appliances were
made to 4 patients from the L.C.C. loan stock, others were referred to various organisations
for assistance,
The Care Committee administers an occupational therapy service with occupational
therapists employed by the L.C.C. The following figures show the service being provided in
a typical week:
No. of sessions of instructions in homes during a week 18
No. of patients receiving instruction at home 45
Scabies and Vermin
As will be seen from the following table, there are still a considerable number of
cases of scabies, itch, and also vermin infestations These conditions which are dealt
with at the Council's Treatment Centre year after year are closely related to personal
hygiene. Many families can maintain reasonable standards of personal hygiene under adverse
housing conditions, but this must sometimes be quite difficult. A very large number of
homes in Islington, and an even larger number of families, have not the use of a hot
water point from which hot water is immediately available when required. Approximately
one-half of the houses in Islington have no bath, and these deficiencies in personal
washing and cleansing facilities, combined with the high proportion of congested family
accommodation in the Borough, certainly make the attainment of a reasonable standard of
personal cleanliness much more difficult than it need be

• In addition 65 Special Baths were given