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Extra Nourishment. Extra nourishment in the form of
butter, eggs and milk, is supplied to tuberculous patients on
the certificate of the Tuberculosis Officer. The expenditure
on this service is limited to £2 per 1,000 population. These
recommendations by the Tuberculosis Officer are approved
by a special committee of the Tuberculosis Care Committee
and reported to the Public Health Committee of the Council.
Any nourishment ordered is only sanctioned for four weeks
at any one time.
Dental Treatment. Dental work is carried out at the
School Clinic, Brewer Street, Woolwich, patients being
referred there from the Dispensary. During the year 20
patients received treatment, the number of attendances being
39. The treatment is free except where dentures are required,
and then patients are assessed according to their means,
each case being treated on its merits. Dentures were supplied
in 13 instances at a cost of £54 10s. 0d., and during the year
the income received under this head was £10 8s. 6d.
Shelters. Thirteen shelters are maintained by the Council
for the use of the patients returning from sanatoria who are
able to continue this form of open-air treatment. They are
lent by the Council in many cases free, but in some instances
at rents not exceeding 6d. per week.
Bacteriological Examinations. During the year 598
specimens of sputum were examined at the Dispensary, of
which 85 were positive and 513 negative. Facilities for general
practitioners are provided at the Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich,
and 391 specimens were examined there during the
year, 74 being positive and 317 negative.
Institutional Treatment. The following Table, No. 68,
shows the number of admissions to hospitals, sanatoria, Poor
Law Institutions and training Colonies.