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This Table does not include patients sent direct to St. Stephen's
Hospital. Many of these are transferred to a Sanatorium later.
In addition, 66 cases were recommended for institutional treatment by
voluntary hospitals and transferred direct. Many of these cases are seen
at the Dispensary when institutional treatment has been completed.
Convalescent treatment was arranged for many children through the
Invalid Children's Aid Association, the Public Assistance Committee,
the School Care Committees, the St. Henry Fund and other agencies.
Convalescent treatment for Ex-Service men is now less frequently
required, but use is still made of the help in this and other matters provided
by the organisations which deal with the welfare of Ex-Service men and
their families.
The association with Westminster Hospital has continued and cases
were referred there during the year for surgical and orthopaedic treatment,
&c.
School children requiring dental treatment were referred to the School
dentist. Six adult patients were referred to the Council's Dental Clinic,
twenty-three extractions were carried out and three of the patients were
fitted with dentures.
Seventeen patients received Artificial Pneumothorax treatment at
Brompton Hospital and elsewhere and had in all 241 refills. One case
of Lupus received special Light treatment at a cost to the Council of
£4 4s. Od.
The Tuberculosis Care Committee gives careful consideration to the
economic position of each patient and his dependants during and after
his treatment, and arranges appropriate help when this is needed. Owing
to the representative nature of the Committee, advice and help can be
obtained from many different sources.
The Committee also considers the question of assistance towards the
payment for dentures and recommends to the Council the granting of
extra nourishment where this is considered helpful to the patient's
treatment. Forty-two patients received this extra diet allowance at a
total cost to the Council of £254.
There are many patients who, while not requiring economic relief,
have difficulty in supplying the extras of nutritional value for which the
medical condition calls. In such cases the Council's daily grant of milk