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Tuberculosis Dispensaries.
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Co-operation with other Institutions.—Cases requiring
special investigation without their admission to Hospital, are,
as before, referred to St. Thomas's Hospital in accordance with
the scheme inaugurated in 1913. The reports are of much value,
and the scheme is now extended to include Artificial Light and
X-Ray treatment. The arrangements with the Hospital for
Consumption, Brompton, for supplying refills to patients treated
by the Artificial Pneumothorax method have been continued.
11 cases were treated during the year and 80 refills supplied. The
total cost was £42.
The close co-operation between the Dispensary and the
School Medical Service instituted by the London County Council
has been continued.
The Tuberculosis Officers continue to act as Medical Referees
to the Ministry of Pensions and the Tuberculosis Visitors devote
a considerable portion of their time to the visiting of discharged
soldiers.
In March, 1925, the London County Council decided to put
into operation, as an experiment for twelve months, a scheme—
in co-operation with the Invalid Children's Aid Association—for:
(1.) The removal of children from heavily infected and
overcrowded houses during the terminal stage of a dying
case of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in the family.
(2.) The boarding out of children who are being discharged
from Sanatorium, and whose houses are unsuitable
and inimical to the maintenance of health.
This scheme was extended in July, 1925 to include:—
(3.) The boarding out of "weakly children" living under
conditions likely to subject them to infection, and of children
in suitable instances whose parents are under treatment for
Tuberculosis.
The Orthopœdic Section of the Clinic provided by the Metropolitan
Asylums Board at St. Margaret's Hospital, Kentish Town,
is now available for the after care of patients who have received
treatment for surgical Tuberculosis in the Board's institutions.