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1. Number of cases on Dispensary Registor
on January 1st 253
3. Number of cases transferred to other areas,
cases not desiring further assistance under
the scheme, and cases "lost sight of" 67
5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary
(including Contacts) 2,298
7. Number of consultations with medical
practitionors:—
(a) Personal 10
(b) Other —
9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health
Visitors to Homes for Dispensary purposes
2,076
11. Number of "Recovered" cases restored
to Dispensary Register and included in
A (a) and A (6) above —
2. Number of cases transferred from other
areas and cases returned after discharge
under Head 3 in previous years 11
4. Cases written off during the year as Dead
(all causes) 13
6. Number of Insured Persons under
Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st
December 11
8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers
to homes (including personal consultations)
181
10. Number of
(а) Specimens of sputum, etc., examined 102
(b) X-ray examinations made in connection
with-Dispensary work 105
12. Number of "T.B. plus" cases on Dispensary
Register on December 31st 79
The decrease in the number of cases on the Register of each Dispensary continues. Many
patients and their families have taken advantage of the increasing opportunities to obtain better
housing accommodation out of the district, and a large number of patients remove's to houses or
flats on the London 'County Council Housing Estates.
The Borough Tuberculosis Care Committee.
The constitution of the Tuberculosis Care Committee for the year 1935 was as follows:—
Representing.
Paddington Borough Council
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British Red Cross Society
Charity Organisation Society
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Insurance Committee
Invalid Children's Aid Association
London County Council
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Paddington Tuberculosis Dispensary
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Paddington and St. Marylebone War Pensions Committee
Kensal House School Care Committee
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Paddington and St. Marylebone District Nursing Association
Public Assistance Committee Area VI
Panel Committee
St. Mary's Hospital
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Red Cross Emergency Fund
Local Social Worker
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Paddington and St. Marylebone Employment Committee ..
Councillor E. G. Lee.
Councillor T. Turner.
Councillor Mrs. J. E. Wright.
Dr. G. E. Oates, Medical Officer of Health.
Miss D. Newhall, Sanitary Inspector.
Miss E. Z. Amor, Sanitary Inspector.
Miss A. V. Edden.
Mrs. G. S. Warren.
Miss Hugh Smith.
Miss L. Sherman.
Miss L. C. Streatfeild.
Dr. R. H. Simpson (Divisional Medical Officer).
Miss H. Bell (District Organiser of School Care
Committees).
Dr. R. S. Walker (Tuberculosis Officer).
Nurse C. Griffin.
Nurse A. B. Munro.
Miss C. Milner.
Mr. S. G. Last, J.P. (Chairman).
Mrs. R. M. Drury, J. P.
Miss E. M. Kerr.
Miss A. M. Bennett.
Councillor Mrs. K. Mahoney.
Dr. S. Crown.
Dr. A. B. Porteous (Tuberculosis Officer).
Sister E. M. Phillips.
Miss M. M. Barthorp.
Mr. J. E. Bennison.
Miss H. C. Davidson.
Mr. A. E. Goss.
Miss P. Simey was appointed in April (vice Miss Hugh Smith, resigned), and Mrs. C. Taylor in October
(vice Councillor Mrs. K. Mahoney, resigned).
The Medical Officer of Health continued to act as Honorary Secretary to the Committee.
The social work of the Tuberculosis Care Committee is ancillary to the work of the Public Health
Committees of the Borough Council and London County Council in tho sphere of the prevention and
treatment of tuberculosis.
The Committee met on 20 occasions during the year, and the attendance of members was well
maintained. Two hundred and seventy-eight individual cases were considered.
Residential treatment was granted by the London County Council to 201 patients, 44 of whom
were children under the age of 16 years. In several instances help was sought from voluntary
agencies for the patient or dependents.
No funds are available in the hands of the Committee for the assistance of patients.