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ment medical staff, and the health visitors attached to the Chest
Clinics are seconded from the Health Department so that there are
close links at all levels. I am grateful to the three Chest Physicians
in the Borough and their staffs for their help and guidance on
matters relating to the prevention and control of tuberculosis on
the occasions when we have sought their opinion.
Since tuberculosis has become less of a problem so have the
arrangements for the care and after-care of patients become less
important, but there is still a very definite need to help patients
suffering from tuberculosis. This is done in large measure in
Wandsworth through the agencies of the two Tuberculosis Care
Committees, the "Wandsworth Tuberculosis Care Committee"
and the "Battersea Tuberculosis Care Committee". I have
pleasure in appending herewith reports of the activities of these
two Care Committees during the year, which will, I think, provide
an indication of the extent and quality of their services. I should
like to thank both Committees for the excellent work they have
carried out in helping patients suffering from tuberculosis, during
the year.
At the end of the reports which follow, a well-deserved tribute
is paid to the work of Mrs. Elizabeth A. Cooper, J.P., the retiring
Chairman of the Battersea Tuberculosis Care Committee and I
would like to endorse all that has been said about the contribution
she has made for Battersea patients