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Unemployment Assistance Board.
When a patient or the person on whom a patient is dependent is in receipt of unemployment
assistance benefit the Unemployment Assistance Board is asked to supply extra nourishment.
During the year 26 quarterly recommendations were made in respect of 14 patients.
Extra Nourishment provided by the Borough Council.
The Council may provide an allowance of 6s. per week for extra nourishment to necessitous
patients who are not in receipt of social welfare on the recommendations of the Tuberculosis
Officer. The recommendations are reported to the Care Committee and during the year amounted
to:—
Number of patients recommended 112
Total cost £603 18s. 6d.
Dental Treatment.
Financial assistance for obtaining dental treatment may be provided by the Council
for suitable patients recommended by the Tuberculosis Officer and approved by the Care
Committee. The figures for 1947 were:—
Number of patients 14
Amount paid by Borough Council £41 14s. 9d.
Housing.
When necessary, recommendations for better housing accommodation on the Borough
Council and London County Council Estates are made to the Housing Department by the
Tuberculosis Officer and are reported to the Care Committee. The figures for 1947 were:—
Number of families recommended 128
Number of families rehoused—
(a) By Borough Council 9
(b) By London County Council 19
(c) Found accommodation not on Councils' Estates 8
Maintenance Allowances.
These allowances were introduced in July, 1943. The following table shows the number
of new patients assessed and the type of allowance (if any) granted from 1st January to 31st
December, 1947:—
Standard Allowance
only
Standard and
Discretionary
Standard and
Special
Standard and
Discretionary and
Special
Special Allowance
only
Discretionary and
Special only
Discretionary
only
Refused
Allowance
Total
69
33
2
—
5
—
—
13
*132
* In addition 1,315 re-assessments of these and previous cases have been made.
Comparable figures for 1946:—
80 29 — — 18 — — 10 137