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NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE ACT 1946 SECTION 28
PREVENTION OF ILLNESS, CARE AND AFTERCARE
Tuberculosis
The City of London Chest Clinic is at St. Bartholomew's Hospital. The medical and nursing
staff is supplied by the hospital, whilst the Corporation supplies the Tuberculosis Health Visitor.
During the period under review the Tuberculosis Health Visitor made 31 effective and 9
unsuccessful visits.
Mass Miniature Radiography
Premises have been made available at Milton Court for a permanent Mass Miniature Radiography
Unit of the North East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board to be established.
B.C.G. Vaccination
B.C.G. Vaccination is carried out at the Chest Clinic except for school children who are
seen at School. The City of London School, the City of London School for Girls, and Sir John
Cass School were visited for this purpose and 134 children were tested and subsequently inoculated
as necessary. It is hoped to extend the scope of this service to cover other schools in the
City and also places of further education offering facilities to young adults.
Hostels for Ambulant Tuberculous Men
Three men were in such hostels at 31st December 1965 and maintenance was guaranteed by
the Corporation.
Care Committee
There is no Care Committee in the City as a result of negligible demand. At the end of the
year there were 48 persons on the T.B. Register, but 15 of these were from the Salvation Army Hostel,
most of them not living there regularly and often not traceable after a short while. These men
present a continual intractable problem and constant visiting and education is essential to avoid
serious trouble at the hostel. Many of the men refuse treatment or discontinue it at a stage rendering
themselves liable to become drug resistant.
Meals for invalid and sick persons
Arrangements have been made with the Luncheon Room Committee of the Corporation of
London Staff Association for individual diet meals to be available for delivery by departmental
transport. Further details' will be found in the section dealing with Welfare.
Recuperative Holidays
Three such holidays for adults were arranged during this period.
Chiropody
There is a growing and continuous demand for this service and a direct service was commenced
on 19th July.
The service is bedevilled by the current lack of chiropodists and the need to offer both
domiciliary and clinic treatments on a sessional basis presents problems of its own although the
Corporation provided new equipment and facilities at Milton Court.
Figures for the period are as follows:—
No. of domiciliary treatments by chiropodists on
sessional basis 92
No. of clinic treatments by chiropodist on
sessional basis 6
Pads for Incontinent Persons
Full use is made of the general encouragement from the Ministry of Health to issue such
pads where appropriate. No charge is made for this service which greatly helps not only the
person being nursed or otherwise in need of them but also his family and those nursing him.
Supplies of prophylactics etc.
Yellow Fever Vaccine
On 1st April the Corporation took over from the London County Council the provision of the
supply of Yellow Fever vaccine to the designated Centre at Unilever House and also, as the
Corporation is the Port Health Authority for London the supply of vaccine to the Shipping Federation
at their King George V Dock Medical Centre. During the year this latter service was extended
to include the Shipping Federation Centre at Tilbury Docks.
During the nine months 3,978 doses of vaccine were issued. 2,654 persons were vaccinated.
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