View report page

reimburses the hospital service a portion of the chest physicians' salary and provides
health visitors, social workers, occupational therapists and administrative staff.
Advice and assistance were given to patients with personal, domestic, occupational
and hygiene problems. Domiciliary visits were made and extra nourishment
(milk, butter and eggs) was given to necessitous cases on the recommendation of the
chest physician: 27 cases were assisted compared with 31 in 1966 and 34 in 1965.
I am pleased to report that no occasion arose during the year on which it was
found necessary to board out children because of infection in their homes or in
the absence of parents receiving residential treatment for tuberculosis.
During the year the voluntary care committees continued to give valuableassistance
by providing items such as clothing, bedding, and holidays to patients who would not
qualify for "extras" from the statutory services.
Number of patients on chest clinics registers at 31.12.67:
Pulmonary 2,257
Non-Pulmonary 263
New cases notified:
Pulmonary 140
Non-Pulmonary 19
Deaths from tuberculosis 40
Under special treatment at home 20
Contacts given B.C.G. vaccination 337
Cases having domiciliary help:
(a) Home helps 19
(b) District nurses 8
Home visits by health visitors 5,058
Patients in receipt of extra nourishment 28
Patients assisted for the first time with:
Bed or bedding 17
Clothing or footwear 94
Diversional therapy:
Patients attending weekly classes 22
Patients instructed at home 16
DEVELOPMENT OF VOLUNTARY EFFORT
Every endeavour was made to use voluntary assistance during 1967, and during
the year, grants were made as follows:
Maternity and Child Welfare Service
Bird in Bush Welfare Centre
Salomons Centre, Guy's Medical School
89