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Dental Treatment.—During the year 19 patients attended St.
John's Hospital for dental treatment and 10 cases were assisted in
the provision of dentures.
Extra Diet.—The Borough Council granted an allowance of milk
and butter to 6 patients to enable them to maintain their working
capacity after Sanatorium treatment.
Shelters.—The 6 shelters loaned by the Borough Council to
tuberculous patients having limited sleeping accommodation were in
constant demand and were greatly appreciated.
Conjugal Pulmonary Tuberculosis.—It is a well-known fact that
the children of tuberculous parents are very frequently affected by
the disease and that it only too often proves fatal, more than one
child of a family succumbing to the infection. But it has often been
denied that adults infect one another in the same way. On surveying
the Dispensary records of past years, 40 definite cases have been
found, in which the infection has passed from husband to wife, or
vice versa. In 25 of these instances both husband and wife have
died from tuberculosis; in 3 cases both are still alive; in 6 the
husband only is alive, and in 6 the wife only survives.
The Health Visitors, in their daily rounds seek to amend the
sleeping arrangements in order to eliminate this danger.
Care Committee.—The Secretary of the Care Committee reports
that the Committee met 26 times during the year. The number of
cases considered for assessment for residential treatment numbered
329, of whom 228 were sent as free cases, 83 were asked to pay
sums varying from 2/6 to 50/- per week, 9 were ex-service men and
were referred for payment to the Pensions Committee, and 9 cases
were cancelled for various reasons.
Since April 1st, 1933, the Care Committee has been required to
consider for assessment the patients admitted to the London County
Council General Hospitals—a duty which would otherwise fall upon
the Public Assistance Committee. The total amount collected and
forwarded to the London County Council was £555 19s. 3d. Many
patients are in need of clothing and a store is kept by the Care