[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council] page 38

London County Council 1954

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Table: Table T.11— Summary of services provided for the tuberculosis patient,1952-54

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Table T.11— Summary of services provided for the tuberculosis patient,1952-54

	1952	1953	1954
Clinic registers
Total on registers at the end of the year	35,388	36,733	37,624
Work of local tuberculosis care organisers
Patients assisted for the first time with:—
Beds and bedding	541	431	435
Clothing or footwear	961	1,089	1,334
Patients at the end of the year receiving:—
Extra nourishment	2,234	2,451	2,391
Home help service	673	618	729
Home care and treatment
At the end of the year, patients:—
Awaiting admission to hospital	738	494	209
Under treatment in their own homes	808	804	930
Receiving attention by home nurses	367	466	530
Rehabilitation
At the end of the year the Council was financially responsible for rehabilitants at:—
British Legion Village, Maidstone	25	25	33
Papworth Village Settlement, Cambridge	17	17	23
Enham-Alamein Village Centre, Andover	18	21	22
Barrowmore Hall, Chester	2	2	2
Correspondence courses arranged through the British Council
for Rehabilitation for patients undergoing prolonged
treatment at home	65	113	80
At boarding open-air schools
Children convalescent from tuberculosis:—
At the beginning of the year	33	29	34
Admitted during the year	47	27	23
At the end of the year	29	34	22
Awaiting admission at end of year	11	7	1
Boarding-out of child contacts
Children in nurseries and foster homes at the beginning of
the year	419	440	450
Placed during the year	490	562	411
Boarded-out at the end of the year	440	450	365
Average number boarded-out at any one time	442	486	417
Boarding-out of child contacts for segregation during B.C.G. vaccination
Children in nurseries and foster homes at the beginning of the year	15	24	6
Placed during the year	67	38	39
Boarded-out at the end of the year	24	6	11
Average number boarded-out at any one time	18	14	10
B.C.G. vaccination schemes
Child contacts vaccinated by chest physicians in London	3,034	3,141	3,851
Boarded-out child contacts vaccinated by out-county chest
physicians	139	161	48
Child contacts (mainly new-born babies) vaccinated in
London hospitals prior to boarding-out	73	77	64
13-year-old school children	-	-	4,037
Diabetic children in the Council's care	-	-	26