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(d) Home Visiting of Tuberculous Cases. On receipt of
every notification the home is visited by the Tuberculosis
Visitor, who advises as to any re-arrangement that seems
possible and desirable in the interests of the patient and
other members of the family. In the case of patients notified
by the Tuberculosis Officer a visit is also made by one of the
medical staff, who thus gains a knowledge of the home circumstances
of the patient. The Tuberculosis Visitor endeavours
to visit each home in her district once in three months, but,
in the case of patients with recent and more active disease,
visits are often more frequent.
(e) Work for Ministry of Pensions. The Ministry of
Pensions have made arrangements to secure that tuberculous
ex-service men of certain categories receive the fullest measure
of residential treatment which competent medical opinion
considers desirable for them, and affords them any necessary
preference over the general population. In dealing with these
cases the Ministry have made arrangements whereby the
services of the Council's Tuberculosis Staff are available.
During 1925, 119 reports were furnished by the Tuberculosis
Officers, and 479 visits were paid by the Tuberculosis
Visitors. An amount of, approximately, £42 per annum is
paid to the Council for these services. Reports are furnished
periodically on all cases in receipt of treatment allowance and
such other cases as apply to the Ministry for assistance, and
occasionally for other reasons. Special visits are often
necessary for these purposes to the homes of the patients,
and as these are often urgent—any delay in furnishing the
report may mean that treatment allowance is not paid—the
routine work and administration of the Dispensary is sometimes
upset.
(f) Contacts. On receipt of each new primary notification