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On the recommendation of the Chest Physician extra nourishment
is given under the provisions of the Act to tuberculous
patients awaiting admission to sanatoria. There are arrangements
for boarding out contacts which have been carried into effect in
certain cases.
The provision of sick room equipment is under review by the
County Council. At the present time equipment is held at the
Nurses Training Home, York House, and some is supplied by the
Dagenham Branch of the British Red Cross Society. A limited
amount has been issued from the Area Office.
rehabilitation of tuberculous cases.
One patient was sent to Papworth during
1949. For reasons of her own, she elected
to discharge herself after a stay of only
a few days.
convalescent homes.
Recuperative Holiday Homes are available
for those in need, and in suitable
cases abatement of fees is made by the
application of an income scale of assessment. Arrangements were
made for 28 cases of adults in 1949 and in three instances mothers
with their children were placed.
chiropody service.
Chiropody Clinics have been in operation
in Dagenham for a number of years and
are being continued. The demand is such
that an extension of the service would serve a much felt need. At
the present time two full-time and one part-time Chiropodists are
employed together with a full-time receptionist. The premises used
are Ford Road Combined Treatment Centre and Chadwell Heath
Clinic.
Treatment in 1949 is shown below:—
No. of patients treated:—
Men 387 (including 96 Old Age Pensioners)
Women 1,196 (including 241 Old Age Pensioners)
School
Children 186
Total 1,769
Total number of attendances 9,164.
No. of patients attending regularly for treatment:—
Men 210
Women 667
Total 877