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Paddington 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Extra Nourishment.—In March, 1936, the Council decided to exercise their statutory powers
to provide extra nourishment to necessitous tuberculous persons who are not in receipt of Public
Assistance. The following Scheme was adopted and the approval of the Ministry of Health
obtained thereto:—
Scheme fob the Provision of Extra Nourishment by the Borough Council.
1. The types of cases most suitable to be dealt with are:—
(а) Ex-Sanatorium cases, where the medical condition is such that a grant of extra
nourishment is necessary to enable the patients to recover or maintain full working
capacity.
(б) Patients, with prospects of ultimate arrest of the disease, who are awaiting admission
to sanatorium.
2. No fixed scale of income to qualify for grant. Where a grant of extra nourishment is made,
it should be a condition that the patient is not receiving public assistance and is not
reasonably able to provide the cost of extra nourishment.
3. The quantity and type of the extra nourishment to be left to the discretion of the Tuberculosis
Officers and Consultant Medical Officers.
4. Where the Tuberculosis Officers and Consultant Medical Officers consider that an immediate
grant of extra nourishment is necessary, they will transmit a certificate to the Public
Health Department, when an emergency order will be issued for a period sufficient to include
the interval which will elapse before the next meeting of the Tuberculosis Care Committee.
Extra nourishment supplied under this order to be used only by the person to whom it has
been granted.
The Medical Officer of Health will be informed if there be
(a) any change in income or address of any member of the family ;
(b) any assistance received from the Relieving Officer, Unemployment Assistance Board,
or any other source.
5. The financial circumstances of all new cases will be considered by the Tuberculosis Care
Committee together with all expiring cases requiring renewal. No grant to be made for
a longer period than three months, without renewal of the recommendation by the Tuberculosis
Officer or Consultant Medical Officer and reconsideration by the Tuberculosis Care
Committee.
During the year 1937 the cost to the Council of grants made under the Scheme was
approximately £180.
The Borough Tuberculosis Care Committee.
The constitution of the Tuberculosis Care Committee for the year 1937 was as follows:—
| Paddington Borough Council | Councillor E. g. Lee. |
| „ „ | . Councillor T. Turner. |
| „ „ | Councillor Mrs. R. M. Drury, j.P. |
| „ „ | Dr. G. E. Oates, Medical Officer of Health. |
| Miss D. Newhall, Sanitary Inspector. | |
| Miss E. Z. Amor, Sanitary Inspector. | |
| British Red Cross Society | Miss A. V. Edden. |
| Charity Organisation Society | Mrs. G. S. Warren. |
| Miss N. Hugh Smith. | |
| Insurance Committee | . Miss L. A. Parsell. |
| Invalid Children's Aid Association | . Miss L. C. Streatfeild. |
| London County Council | Dr. R. H. Simpson (Divisional Medical Officer.) |
| „ „ | Miss M. St. Hill. |
| Paddington Tuberculosis Dispensary | Dr. R. S. Walker (Tuberculosis Officer). |
| „ „ „ | Nurse C. Griffin. |
| „ „ „ | Nurse A. B. Munro. |
| „ „ „ | Miss C. Milner. |
| Paddington and St. Marylebone War Pensions Committee | Mr. S. G. Last, j.P. (Chairman). |
| Kensal House School Care Committee | „ „ „ |
| „ „ „ | Miss E. M. Kerr. |
| Paddington and St. Marylebone District Nursing Association | Miss A. M. Bennett. |
| Public Assistance Committee Area VI | Mrs. C. Taylor. |
| Panel Committee | Dr. j. Green. |
| St. Mary's Hospital | Dr. A. B. Porteous (Tuberculosis Officer). |
| „ „ | Sister E. M. Phillips. |
| Red Cross Emergency Fund | Mrs. M. R. Corden. |
| Local Social Worker | Miss H. C. Davidson. |
| Paddington and St. Marylebone Employment Committee | Mr. A. E. Goss. |
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 the sphere of the prevention and
treatment of tuberculosis.