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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Report of Tuberculosis Officer.
The work done at the Dispensaries has developed since the
previous year.
The arrangement with the London Insurance Committee or
the Tuberculosis Officer to examine as Exper Medical Adviser,
cases recommended for Sanatorium Benefit, came into operation
in January.
127 cases have been dealt with under this arrangement. Of
these, 124 had not previously attended the dispensaries three had
already attended in 1913. Five of the 127 were found to be nontuberculous.
Of the remaining 122 cases, 79 were recommended
and received sanatorium treatment, 14 hospital treatment, 11 dispensary
treatment and 18 domiciliary treatment.
During the year, the London County Council completed
arrangements for the treatment in sanatoria of non-insured persons,
principally children, suffering from Pulmonary Tuberculosis. This
is a very important step in the treatment of the disease in children,
which is frequently in an early stage, where Sanatorium treatment
is most beneficial.
Under this scheme, seven children have been sent to Naylands
Sanatorium, six of them were still in the Sanatorium at the end
of the year, three having been there six months, two three months,
and one six weeks. The seventh child was discharged from the
Sanatorium after three month's treatment.
The London County Council requ.re that the children be
examined at the dispensary on discharge from the Sanatorium and
afterwards at intervals of three or six months. In this way the
child is kept under observation and if a relapse occurs can eceive
further treatment.
The arrangement made with St Thomas's Hospital for eference
to that Institution of cases requiring additional methods of diagnosis
has been in operation throughout the year.