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London County Council 1955

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

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Table: T able T.11— Summary of services provided for tuberculous patients,1952-55

T able T.11— Summary of services provided for tuberculous patients,1952-55

1952195319541955
Clinic registers
Total on registers at the end of the year35,38836,73337,62438,221
Work of local tuberculosis care organisers
Patients assisted for the first time with:— Beds and bedding541431435291
Clothing or footwear9611,0891,3341,014
Patients at the end of the year receiving:— Extra nourishment2,2342,4512,3912,285
Home help service673618729660
Home care and treatment
At the end of the year, patients:— Awaiting admission to hospital73849420971
Under treatment in their own homes8088049301,050
Receiving attention by home nurses367466530498
Rehabilitation
At the end of the year the Council was financially responsible for rehabilitants at:— British Legion Village, Maidstone25253336
Papworth Village Settlement, Cambridge17172322
Enham-Alamein Village Centre, Andover18212215
Barrowmore Hall, Chester2222
Correspondence courses arranged through the British Council for Rehabilitation for patients undergoing prolonged treatment at home651138077
At boarding open-air schools
Children convalescent from tuberculosis:— At the beginning of the year33293422
Admitted during the year4727232
At the end of the year29342212
Awaiting admission at end of year1171–
Boarding-out of child contacts
Children in nurseries and foster homes at the beginning of the year419440450365
Placed during the year490562411398
Boarded-out at the end of the year440450365279
Average number boarded-out at any one time442486417310
Boarding-out of child contacts for segregation during B.C.G. vaccination
Children in nurseries and foster homes at the beginning of the year1524611
Placed during the year67383940
Boarded-out at the end of the year246117
Average number boarded-out at any one time18141019
B.C.G. vaccination schemes
Child contacts vaccinated by chest physicians in London3,0343,1413,8514,113
Boarded-out child contacts vaccinated by out-county chest physicians1391614843
Child contacts (mainly new-born babies) vaccinated in London hospitals prior to boarding-out73776450
13-year-old school children––4,03719,507
Diabetic children in the Council's care––2612
Hostels for tuberculous men
In residence at the beginning of the year54445963
Recommendations approved during the year61845749
In residence at the end of the year44596358