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II.—SUNDRY PARTICULARS IN CONNECTION WITH THE
SCHEME OF TREATMENT.
1. Name of Hospital to which Special Cases
are referred from the Dispensary for
diagmosis or treatment
2. Is any provision for the home nursing
of Tuberculous Patients made in
connection with the Dispensary ?
If so
(1) State the general nature of the
arrangement
(2) What qualifications are the Nurses
required to possess ?
(3) Do they carry out other work ? If
so, what ?
(4) Are their services available for
sured and Uninsured Patients ?
(5) If so (a) by what procedure are their
services secured for individual
patients ?
(6) Under whose instructions do
they perform the actual duties of
nursing in an individual case ?
3. If no provision of nursing is made in
connection with the Dispensary is any
such provision contemplated ? If so,
give particulars ?
4. State number of Shelters provided by
the Council or by the Dispensary
Authorities up to 31st December, 1926,
for lending out to Patients for use at
their own homes
Middlesex Hospital.
Royal Free Hospital for light treatment.
Yes. Application can be made to
the District Nursing Association.
(1) Note sent to Matron from
Dispensary.
(2) Fully trained.
(3) Yes, District Nursing.
(4) Yes.
(5) (a) As above.
(b) Matron of Nursing Association
and Tuberculosis
Officer.
None.
Deaths from Phthisis.—Some reference has already been made to the matter
of deaths from tuberculosis and at this point it is proposed only to deal with the
figures relating to tuberculosis of the lungs (consumption or phthisis).
During 1926 the total number certified as due to this cause was 94, the deathrate
being 0.8 per 1,000. The distribution of the deaths according to registration
districts is shown in the accompanying table, which gives also the figures for each
of the 5 years 1922-1926.