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Hostel for homeless infective tuberculous men. Cromwell Lodge.
Cholmeley Park, N.6
Difficulty was experience in staffing this hostel, which requires supervision 24
hours a day. It was largely due to the efforts of the warden that the hostel remained
fully operative throughout the year.
The assistant warden left the service of the Council in August and, at the end
of the year, the post was still vacant in spite of repeated advertisement and a
number of abortive appointments. The turnover of staff in the domestic field was very
high and added to the difficulties of running the premises.
25 men were in residence at the end of the year, for 20 of whom other London
Boroughs were responsible. Two Islington patients were in residence at the Hurlingham
Lodge Hostel in the London Borough of Hammersmith.
Work of Chest Clinic Welfare Officers
Patients assisted for the first time with:-
Beds and Bedding 3
Clothing or footwear 19
Patients at the end of the year
receiving extra nourishment 85
Home visiting - by tuberculosis health visitors
total visits (including contacts; but
excluding unsuccessful visits)'.- 4,243
Diversional therapy
Total classes held at Cromwell Lodge
Hostel 42
Patients receiving instruction in their
own homes at end of June quarter 19
Total number of visits made to patients
in their homes from 1st July to 31st
December 816
Rehabilitation
The Council was responsible for one patient at the British Legion Village,
Maidstone, who was discharged on 5th April, 1965.
Boarding-out of child contacts for segregation during B. C. G. vaccination
One child was placed in a foster home during the year and had returned home
by the end of the year.
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