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Tuberculosis Care Committee.
Report of the Committee for 1932.
During the year the Committee has continued its work in the Borough,
the following Members forming the Committee: —
Miss Wragge (Maurice Hostel), Chairman, Mrs. Barnard (Local
P.A.C.), Mrs. Bourdon, Miss Broomfield (I.C.A.A.), Mrs. Cox, Dr. Cullen
(Tuberculosis Officer), Councillor Mrs. H. Girling, Sister Grange, and
Sister Hiscoke (Tuberculosis Visitors), Councillor Mrs. M. J. Jarvis, Dr.
Kelleher (St. Leonard's Hospital), Miss Lee (Shoreditch and Bethnal Green
District Nursing Association), Dr. Lewis (Hoxton House), Alderman Mrs.
C. R. Lusher-Pentney, Miss Murch (District Organizer of Children's Care
Committee), Dr. Maitland Radford (Medical Officer of Health), Mr. F.
Rockliffe (London Insurance Committee), Mrs. Yeomans, Miss M. Sutton
Sharpe (Hon. Secretary till September), Miss M. E. King (acting Hon.
Secretary from September).
In August the Committee accepted with great regret the resignation of
the Hon. Secretary, Miss Sutton Sharpe, on her approaching marriage.
While wishing her every happiness in the future, the Committee realized
how difficult it would be to fill Miss Sutton Sharpe's place when she finally
left them in September.
The " Care " work covers many aspects of the social problem, bad housing,
under-nourishment, clothing and suitable work for the convalescent.
Overcrowding is the pressing problem; where there are children no one
has rooms to let and where the children are earning, families cannot afford to
move far out on account of the fares. Two instacces of serious overcrowding
will give some idea of the difficulty.
A.B.—A family of six, father, in regular work, with £3 a week coming
in, mother, two girls, aged 15 and 13 respectively, both attending Special
schools, two boys, aged 6 and 2, all live and sleep in one small room.
C.D.—Another family of six; father out of work, mother, son aged 19,
in Sanatorium, daughters aged 17 and 14 both at work; the younger has
been in Sanatorium ; girl aged 10 still at school; all live and sleep in a very
small room.
Under-nourishment is one of the dangers to look out for where wageearners
are away ill. It is a recognized and important fact that good feeding
is essential in fighting tuberculosis, and it is very necessary to see that the
members of a family are being properly nourished. Here close co-operation
with the P.A.C. and the Children's Care Committees is very necessary.