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London County Council 1956

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

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Table: T able T10— Summary of services provided for tuberculous patients—Administrative County of London1952-56

T able T10— Summary of services provided for tuberculous patients—Administrative County of London

1952-56

19521953195419551956
Clinic registers
Total on registers at the end of the year35,38836,73337,62438,22138,695
Work of local tuberculosis care organisers
Patients assisted for the first time with:— Beds and bedding541431435291240
Clothing or footwear9611,0891,3341,014847
Patients at the end of the year receiving:— Extra nourishment2,2342,4512,3912,2852,183
Home help service673618729660624
Home care and treatment At the end of the year, patients:—
Awaiting admission to hospital7384942097122
Under treatment in their own homes8088049301,050334
Receiving attention by home nurses367466530498405
Rehabilitation
At the end of the year the Council was financially responsible for rehabilitants at:— British Legion Village, Maidstone2525333633
Papworth Village Settlement, Cambridge1717232226
Enham-Alamein Village Centre, Andover1821221510
Barrowmore Hall, Chester2222—
Correspondence courses arranged through the British Council for Rehabilitation for patients undergoing prolonged treatment at home65113807733
At boarding open-air schools
Children convalescent from tuberculosis:— At the beginning of the year3329342212
Admitted during the year47272323
At the end of the year293422128
Awaiting admission at end of year1171—2
Boarding-out of child contacts
Children in nurseries and foster homes at the beginning of the year419440450365279
Placed during the year490562411398272
Boarded-out at the end of the year440450365279172
Average number boarded-out at any one time442486417310215
Hoarding-out of child contacts for segregation during B.C.G. vaccination
Children in nurseries and foster homes at the beginning of the year15246117
Placed during the year6738394028
Boarded-out at the end of the year2461174
Average number boarded-out at any one time1814101913
B.C.G. vaccination schemes
Child contacts vaccinated by chest physicians in London3,0343,1413,8514,1134,245
Boarded-out child contacts vaccinated by out-county chest physicians139161484358
Child contacts (mainly new-born babies) vaccinated in London hospitals prior to boarding-out7377645041
13-year-old school children——4,03719,50722,203
Diabetic children in the Council's care——13129
Hostels for tuberculous men
In residence at the beginning of the year5444596358
Recommendations approved during the year6184574982
In residence at the end of the year4459635869

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