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7 and 16 years who are fit to undertake the journey without escort or
undue fatigue. Delicate non-tuberculous children are sent to Open Air
Schools through the School Medical Service.
In addition to the contacts enumerated on the first table, 177 were
re-examined during the year.
The work of revising the Medical Officer of Health's Tuberculosis
Register, which was begun by the late Dr. W. C. P. Smith, has been
successfully continued, and during the year 506 cases have been removed.
These have been apportioned as follows:—
Dead 132
Left or lost sight of 187
No longer suffering from Tuberculosis 187
Cases remaining on the Medical Officer of Health's Tuberculosis
Register on 31st December 1,392
Cases remaining on the Tuberculosis Dispensary Register
on 31st December 892
It may be well to point out that these two Registers, being each
differently defined, can never be identical.
Report of the Secretary of the Tuberculosis Care Committee.
The Tuberculosis Care Committee continues to meet fortnightly at
the Dispensary. The Committee, which is appointed by the Council,
is representative of most of the public, social and charitable agencies in
the Borough. Many of the members are in personal touch with the
patients and much useful work is effected in this way.
During the year there have been 21 meetings of the Tuberculosis Care
Committee and 395 cases have been dealt with. The Committee considers
the financial and home conditions of each new case of tuberculosis as it
occurs and endeavours to give such help or advice as is needed. In
addition to this, recommendations regarding assessment for institutional
treatment are made to the London County Council, and 180 such recommendations
were made during 1931. Contributions are collected for the
L.C.C. in cases in which payments are made. The Care Committee has
also considered 14 dental cases during the year, and 80 "Special cases"
[i.e., cases in which some special form of help is required) have been
dealt with.