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The council sponsored the admission of two men to the Papworth Village
settlement, near Cambridge, during the year.
Hostels
The council is empowered to provide hostel accommodation for homeless
tuberculous persons. Two persons were resident at a hostel for homeless tuberculous
men provided by the London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames at Twickenham
at the end of the year.
Mass Radiography
Mass Radiography Unit 6A of the North East Metropolitan Regional Hospital
Board visited the Edmonton area of the borough when sessions were held on the
premises of six large industrial concerns as well as public sessions held at four
different sites in the area.
A total of 8,586 persons, of whom 847 were council employees, were X-rayed
and 72 of these required further investigation. This survey took place at the end
of the year and the results of investigations of those referred are still awaited.
Vaccination against Tuberculosis
The council's scheme provides for the vaccination with B.C.G. (Bacillus
Calmette Guerin) of persons who are contacts of tuberculosis, long-term immigrants,
school children and students attending establishments for further education.
During the year, 1,169 persons were vaccinated. Vaccination of contacts is
carried out by the staff of the chest clinics, and of others by the medical staff of this
department. A further report on B.C.G. vaccination appears in the section of this
report devoted to the School Health Service.
OTHER SERVICES
Loan of Nursing Equipment
The local branch of the British Red Cross Society operates a loan of nursing
equipment scheme on behalf of the council. The society collects a small hire charge
from the patient to offset the cost of replacement of equipment when necessary. If
a patient is unable to meet the hire charge, this is paid by the council which also
arranges transport where required. During the year, 3,423 items of nursing equipment
were loaned to patients under this scheme, including 311 wheelchairs and 17
hospital beds.
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