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(viii.) The results of local experience as to the relative value of cock,
form of treatment.
See above.
(ix.) The nature arid extent of any dental treatment provided by the
Council for tuberculous patients.
A special session for tuberculous patients is held each week at
the Council's Dental Clinic. All patients in need of dental treatment are
sent there as soon after notification as the need is discovered. Many of
these patients are awaiting sanatorium treatment, and their immediate
requirement is the removal of any septic condition of the teeth which will
prevent them from getting full benefit from this.
Dental treatment is free, but in cases where dentures are needed,
arrangements have to be made to defray the cost of these. The character
of these arrangements and the number of patients supplied are indicated
in the report on Care Committee work, while details of the work carried
out at the Clinic will be found in the report of the Council's Dentist.
(x ) Any arrangements for the prevision of nursing or of extra
nourishment for patients living at home.
The Council has power to provide nursing, if required, for
children up to 10 years of age. For older children and adults no special
provision is made, but the services of a District Nurse are generally
forthcoming.
Extra nourishment in the form of Ambrosia (dried milk) and eggs
has been granted to suitable cases on the same lines as previously. The
grant is made for a period of 12 weeks, after which the case is reconsidered.
The amount of expenditure sanctioned by the Ministry of Health has been
found to be sufficient up to the present. 56 patients have been in receipt
of extra nourishment for varying periods during the year; of these, 26
were still receiving it on December 31st.
For the convenience of patients living in the southern end of the
Borough, the weekly allowance can be drawn at Simpsons Road, Poplar,
instead of at the dispensary.
(xi ) The arrangements for treating non-pulmonary tuberculosis,
especially tuberculosis of bones and joints in adults and in children, and
for the provision of surgical apparatus, etc.