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house for the resident medical superintendent and of a cottage for
a male employee, together with various minor alterations, is to be
completed at a cost of £6,876, apart from the cost of furnishing
(£1,200). The alterations were commenced early in 1925, and will
no doubt be completed during the course of the year.
(b) Borough (Fever) Hospital, Waddon. One of the two
cubicle blocks at the Borough Hospital has been utilised for a
number of years for the treatment of tuberculous patients of "hospital"
type. The block contains 12 beds (9 for women, 3 for men),
and 5 shelters are in addition provided for men. The patients
admitted are chiefly of the type likely to spread infection in their
homes. 15 patients were under treatment for tuberculosis at the
Borough Hospital at the beginning of the year; 35 were admitted,
24 were discharged, and 12 died during the year.
(c) Larchfield Sanatorium. The whole of the 14 beds for
wonmen at Larchfield Sanatorium, Caterham, were retained by the
Corporation throughout the year.
(d) Other Sanatoria. On an average 20 beds (10 for males, 10
for females) at the Grosvenor Sanatorium, Ashford, Kent, were
occupied by Croydon patients during the year.
The names of a number of other sanatoria receiving Croydon
patients are given in a previous paragraph.
6.—AFTER CARE WORK.
My report for 1923 made reference to the need for a scheme for
the after-care of tuberculous patients. It is satisfactory to be able
to report that early in the present year the Council, with the approval
of the Ministry of Health, arranged for the work of the Tuberculosis
Care Committee to be undertaken by the Croydon Council
of Social Service, a voluntary organisation which co-ordinates a
very large number of local social activities, and contains representatives
of a great variety of official and voluntary bodies. The
Council will provide an organiser, trained in social work, to assist
the tuberculosis officer and the Committee, and the work will be
closely knit with that of the Tuberculosis Sub-Committee of the
Public Health Committee. The arrangements were in course of
development at the time of preparation of this report, and will be
dealt with in detail in my next report.