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supervision of the Tuberculosis Officer. Arrangements were also made
for these particular contacts to be X-rayed at St. Andrew's Hospital at
special sessions, and for the Royal College of Physicians to refund to the
Borough Council the cost of such X-ray examinations. It was not possible
to put the scheme into actual operation during 1935.
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 16 patients were referred, and the Dental
Officer reports on the work done as follows:—
Number of Attendances 36
Number of cases treated by extraction 21
Anaesthetics N2O 16
,, Local 5
X-Ray 1
Report of the Secretary to the Tuberculosis Care Committee.
The Tuberculosis Care Committee continues to meet monthly at the
Dispensary to deal with matters affecting the social and economic welfare
of persons suffering from tuberculosis. The financial circumstances and
environmental conditions of each new case of tuberculosis are reported to
the Committee—provided that the patient, or person responsible, has
given his or her consent—and the Committee endeavours to arrange for
such assistance as the occurrence of the disease may render necessary.
There were 11 meetings of the Tuberculosis Care Committee during
1935 and 186 individual cases were dealt with. Assistance has been
obtained, whenever possible, from co-operating agencies and these have
included the Public Assistance Committee, the Invalid Children's Aid
Association, the British Legion, the British Red Cross Society, the Jewish
Board of Guardians, the Friends of the Poor, the Society for the Relief of
Distress, the Shaftesbury Society and several Churches and Settlements.
The greater part of the assistance required was, however, supplied by
the Care Committee's own voluntary fund, the Poplar Tuberculosis Fund.