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Dental Treatment.
Tuberculous patients requiring dental treatment are referred to St.
Andrew's Hospital under an agreement with the London County Council.
During the year 21 pat ents were referred, and the Dental Officer reports
as follows on the work done:—
Number of attendances 56
Number of extractions 110
Nitrous Oxide administrations Cases 24
Local anaesthesia ,, 18
Number treated for Gingivitis 2
Scaling 1
Report of the Secretary to the Tuberculosis Care Committee.
The Tuberculosis Care Committee continues to meet at the Dispensary
to deal with matters affecting the social and economic welfare of persons
suffering from tuberculosis. There were 17 meetings of the Committee
during 1934 and 241 individual cases were dealt with. The nature of the
work of the Committee was somewhat altered by the decision of the London
County Council in July, 1934, to discontinue assessments for institutional
treatment of tuberculosis. By this decision the Committee was relieved
of the task of recommending assessments and collecting payments and was
able to concentrate entirely upon its primary function, i.e., the care and
after-care of tuberculous patients.
From September onwards the meetings of the Tuberculosis Care
Committee were held monthly, on the first Wednesday in the month, at
2.45 p. m., instead of fortnightly, as hitherto. The circumstances of each
new case are reported, provided that the patient or person responsible
has first given his or her consent, and the Care Committee endeavours to
arrange for the provision of any assistance that may be required by
reference to the appropriate agency. In many cases the necessary help is
supplied by our own voluntary fund, the Poplar Tuberculosis Fund.
The Committee of the Poplar Tuberculosis Fund has met 17 times
during the year and 174 grants have been made to needy patients. Of
these, 80 were in the form of clothing and boots. Other assistance given
has included the provision of dentures, spectacles and surgical appliances,
payment of fares for relatives to visit patients in sanatorium, provision
of pocket money for penniless people away in sanatorium, payment of