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After Care. The Council's Tuberculosis Care Scheme was
not completed at the close of the year, but it was found possible
to assist several cases in one way and another.
During the year, gifts including a bath-chair and a spinal
carriage were presented to the Dispensary for the use of
patients, and have been greatly appreciated. Nursing
requisites such as water-beds, air-rings, etc., have been provided,
and are in constant demand.
Shelters. The eleven shelters available for patients were
in constant use during the year.
Bacteriological Examinations. During the year, 658 specimens
of sputum were examined at the Dispensary of which
520 were negative, and 138 positive. This is in addition to
specimens sent by individual general practitioners to the
Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich, for examination.
Institutional Treatment. The following table shows the
number of cases admitted to hospitals, sanatoria, Poor Law
institutions and training colonies during the year.

These admissions represent a total of 287 individual patients
and the monthly admissions from January to December were
as follows:—