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BATTERSEA TUBERCULOSIS CARE COMMITTEE
ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1966
The Battersea Tuberculosis Care Committee has pleasure in
presenting the Annual Report for 1966. The Committee has continued
to meet at monthly intervals during the year and we
must thank the Battersea, Putney and Tooting Group Hospital
Management Committee for providing us with facilities for our
meetings.
We must record several changes in our membership during the
year. We received with regret the resignation of Miss Malleson,
Family Welfare Association, upon her retirement and look forward
to welcoming her successor. We welcome with pleasure two
representatives appointed by the Council of the London Borough
of Wandsworth, Councillor L. Goodwin and Councillor F. Shaw,
as well as Dr. H. Gordon, Deputy Medical Officer of Health of the
Borough.
The Committee's work during the year under review has been
varied and active, and has kept pace with the speed of diagnosis
and treatment which now does so much towards expediting the
patient's full recovery. There have been many calls for help from
Care Committee funds but by far the greatest number have been
for clothing and footwear. Not only have we helped the patient
returning to work after his period of treatment, but we have
found that the elderly suffering from chronic illness have benefited
by this practical help. Queen Mary's London Needlework Guild
has once against sent us a parcel of new garments for our needy
patients. We are indeed grateful for this gift which has come
regularly for many years and which provides a most valuable
stock for issue in emergencies. Our thanks go to members of
Battersea Park Rotary Club and our other friends who have given
us various articles of clothing all of which have been greatly
appreciated by the recipients.
At Christmas we disbursed £75 in cash to out-patients, while
patients in the Chest Wards in St. John's Hospital also received
cash gifts. The toys which were received from the Evening News
"Toy for a Sick Child" Fund, were parcelled up in time for
Christmas and gave pleasure, not only to the children but also to
their parents who were thus relieved of the anxiety to find from their
slender resources the means to cover the visit bv Father Christmas.
Just before Christmas we had a surprise gift of some food parcels
from the Grosvenor Arms Social Club. The parcels contained
an excellent assortment of groceries for the festive season and the
lucky families were delighted.
Of our money-making activities the most important was the
Old Tyme Dance. Once again Mr. T. E. Collyer undertook the
organisation of this event which proved highly successful and
added the sum of nearly £65 to our funds. We are indeed grateful