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each classification group, and the second line of percentage figures shows the percentage
of cases falling under each division into which results of treatment are
classified. For the purpose of this table patients of 15 years of age on admission
are regarded as adults, owing to the "age" division of patients required for the
purposes of the Ministry of Health, although treatment for them was arranged in
institutions for children.

With regard to children, the numbers recommended for treatment under the
Council's Tuberculosis Scheme during each of the last five years were respectively
1,025 in 1925, 1,163 in 1926, 1,190 in 1927, 1,081 in 1928, 1,069 in 1929. In dealing
with surgical cases, arrangements have been continued for the immediate admission
to residential institutions of children suffering from tuberculosis of the hip, spine
and other joints. At the end of the year, no child with either pulmonary or nonpulmonary
tuberculosis was waiting for a bed in a hospital.
Of the 1,069 children (i.e., patients under 16 years of age) referred to the Council
in 1929,1,026 were accepted for treatment, 43 were not accepted or were withdrawn;
47 of the accepted cases for various reasons failed to enter institutions after acceptance.
There were 227 children under treatment in voluntary institutions and 632
in Metropolitan Asylums Board institutions on 1st January, 1929 (total 859) and 971
children were admitted during the year, making in 1929 the total number of children
treated 1,830 as against 1,876 in 1928. The number of children under treatment on
31st December, 1929, was 858, distributed as follows:—
Metropolitan Asylums Board Institutions 645
Voluntary Institutions 213