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the Children's Officer for them to be boarded-out with foster
parents or admitted to Residential Nurseries. In all, 17 children
have been accommodated.
From the male patient's point of view, his biggest problem
on his discharge from Sanatorium is often the difficulty of finding
suitable employment. With co-operation from a man's employers
it is often possible to secure sufficient adjustment in hours or
working conditions to enable him to resume his former occupation.
Where this is not possible, the Ministry of Labour gives help
and advice under the Disabled Persons Act. 53 people were
registered as disabled and for 29 of these, training in a different
occupation was arranged. There are now three men working at
the Bermondsev Remploy Factory for tuberculous patients and
five at the Waddon Remploy Factory. These men are severely
handicapped and unfit to work under normal industrial conditions.
Arising out of these activities, 428 home visits were paid.
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
Arrangements of the Occupational Therapy Scheme, inaugurated
in 1949, continued unchanged. Number of attendances
increased slightly, and many more people bought materials
through the scheme for use at home.
Progress can be estimated by comparing the takings of 1950
(£41 18s. 0d.) with a total of £82 13s. 1d. payment received in
1951.