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(Item C (a) Table I), and have been added to those similarly removed in
former years in the appropriate columns on Tables II and III. On
Table III two cases during the year developed pulmonary tuberculosis,
and have accordingly been transferred to Table II, making a total of 6
cases of non-pulmonary tuberculosis who have, since 1926, developed
Pulmonary tuberculosis.
Additional Statistics not dealt with in the preceding Tables:—
Patients sent away for institutional treatment 238
Patients in receipt of extra nourishment during the year 91
Patients in receipt of extra nourishment on December 31st 46
Reports on children to Divisional School Medical Officer 144
Letters to General Practitioners concerning patients 434
Reports to General Practitioners on Official Forms 191
Progress reports received from General Practitioners 87
Clinical reports to London County Council 636
Reports to Ministry of Pensions 3
Shelters on loan during the year 4
Shelters on loan on December 31st 3
Beds and Bedding on loan during the year Cases 21
Beds and Bedding on loan on December 31st ,, 14
During the year 10 new cases and 10 old cases have attended Charing
Cross, Victoria Park, Colindale and Grove Park Hospitals for 201
artificial pneumothorax refills, while x new case and 2 old cases of lupus
have attended the London Hospital for 45 applications of Finsen Light
and 188 applications of General Light.
Patients receiving Artificial Pneumothorax treatment, as well as
patients needing Finsen Light treatment, are treated on the authority
of the Tuberculosis Officer, the cost of treatment being charged to the
Borough Council. There has been a further rise during the year in the
number of artificial Pneumothorax refills.
In April, 1933, the County Medical Officer of Health stated that it
had been decided to admit to Open-Air Schools for Tuberculous Children,
children suspected to be suffering from Tuberculosis and those living in
conditions rendering them particularly liable to the disease. These
admissions would be made on the recommendation of the Tuberculosis
Officer and with the consent of the parents, and it was pointed out that
no tuberculous children were admitted to such schools while in an