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This was arranged by:—
Charity Organisation Society 8
Invalid Children's Aid Association 29
St. Henry Fund 21
City Council 24
National Insurance Committee 7
Jewish Board of Guardians 14
Clergy, School Care Committees, Employers, Clubs, and
privately 136
Poor Law Guardians 170
Hospitals (in co-operation with the above in many cases) 36
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Sixty-five persons (36 males and 29 females) suffering from pulmonary
disease, and 3 from other forms, were ill when they came to
Westminster. A number came to London to attend hospitals (1 came
from Russia for this reason); one man came in order to live over a
stable, as he had been told stable air was beneficial. Many of the
females were domestic servants.
Changes of address.—224 changes of address were recorded of
consumptives, 44 of suspects, and 8 of other tuberculous patients. This
does not include transference to hospital or sanatorium nor movements
of casuals; 56 of the consumptives and 11 of the suspects left
Westminster.
Sanatorium Treatment.—The Council sent away 22 patients: 2 to
Fail-light and 20 to Maitland ; 2 others were occupying beds at Maitland
at the beginning of 1912, 2 wore in residence at the end of the year.
Eighteen of the patients were males and 6 females. The average period
of stay was eight weeks; the cost was £225, inclusive of travelling
expenses, thermometers, sputum flasks, &c.
Ten persons suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis and 4 from other