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735
Her visits during 1927 are summarised as follows :
Initial Home Visits 96
Following up Visits 636
Attendances at the Dispensary and Care Committee
Meetings 76
Total 808
The Tuberculosis Care Committee appointed by the Borough
Councils of Hackney and Stoke Newington rendered useful services
during the year. The address of the Secretary is: 26, Pemburv
Road, Clapton, E. 5.
The allowances of extra nourishment for necessitous cases cost
£89 8s. 7d. in 1927.
Tuberculous Employees in the Milk Trade.— No action
required under Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations,
1925.
Compulsory Removal of Tuberculous Cases to Hospital.—
No action taken in 1927.
THE PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF NON-INFECTIOUS
DISEASES.
The fact that this sub-heading is included in the circular from
the Ministry of Health guiding Medical Officers of Health in the
preparation of their Annual Reports is an indication that Local
Authorities are now accepting the responsibility of informing themselves
upon the problems of disease as a whole and as to whether
there may be a sufficiency of services and institutions to meet the
general medical needs of their communities, as well as upon the one
limited aspect of infectious disease control.
Stoke Newington is an integral part of London. It draws
upon the medical resources of the Metropolis. It sends almost all
its sick to outside institutions. Many of its people work outside its