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Extra nourishment was granted on the recommendation of the Tuberculosis
Officer to 16 patients at a cost of £63 7s. 3d.
Care and After-care.—The work of the Tuberculosis Care Committee
has continued as in previous years. During the year the Committee
issued for the first time an Annual Report on its work, and printed copies
of this Report were sent to various bodies and individuals who are specially
interested in the work done by the Committee. The Report started with
a survey of the history of the Committee and an account of its composition,
and then considered the activities of the Committee under the following
headings:—
(а) The care of the dependants whilst a breadwinner is in Sanatorium
or unable to work.
(b) The housing of a tuberculous family living in unhealthy
tions.
(c) The provision of convalescent treatment for delicate members of
a tuberculous family.
(d) The provision of suitable clothing for patients in hospital or
torium.
(e) The provision of extra nourishment.
(f) Employment.
(g) The assessing of patients' contributions towards the cost of
tutional treatment, after consideration of their financial
circumstances.
The Report also suggested a scheme for the teaching of suitable handicrafts
to ex-Sanatorium patients who were unfit to return to their former
occupations. Details of this scheme are now under consideration by the
Committee.
The Report concluded with an account of three typical cases which
had been dealt with by the Committee.
HOUSING.
In the Annual Report for 1925 reference was made to the proposals
which were formulated for erecting 83 flats, to house 500 individuals, on
the site adjoining the Council's dwellings in Regency Street. The site is
bounded on its eastern aspect by Esher Street. The Minister of Health
did not see fit to approve the original scheme because of possible obstruction
to light and air from buildings six storeys in height as proposed. To meet
the Minister's objections, modifications were introduced, and the scheme
which was sanctioned by him in April provides for a building which, in its
central part, will be four storeys high and rising to a height of six storeys
at either end. The accommodation is consequently somewhat reduced;
77 flats (4 two-room, 45 three-room and 28 four-room) will be constructed.
The rents to be charged respectively will vary as follows : 6s. 6d. to 7s. 9d.;