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"The following are the figures of main interest. They
refer, of course, to the combined attendances of Walthamstow
and Chingford patients.
Total attendances 17,540
„ new cases 5,547
„ X-rays 13,731
„ screening 2,954
Miniature camera 5,146
New notifications 77 (Walthamstow
only)
"Slightly more than two-thirds of these totals were Walthamstow
cases."
Schoolchildren examined:— Boys Girls
Examined for the first time 112 138
Referred by School Medical Officer 19 27
Referred by Private Practitioners 66 69
Examined as contacts 27 42
Walthamstow and Chingford Association of Tuberculosis Care
Helpers.
Miss A. Woolgar, Honorary Secretary of the Walthamstow
and Chingford Association of Tuberculosis Care Helpers, contributes
the following report:—
"There have been no major changes in the work of the
Association in the course of the year. We have continued to
make grants for extra nourishment where this appears desirable;
clothing and bedding have been issued where need has arisen;
fares to visit patients in hospital have been met as in previous
years and many minor grants have been made where investigation
has proved that this would be helpful. These small grants
include payment of radio licences, cost of shoe repairs, provision
of tools to enable a man to return to employment, fees
for correspondence courses—either as diversional therapy or
in preparation for return to work—small debts, etc.
"In co-operation with the Health Department, we have
made use of the NAPT-Spero holiday scheme for patients and
their families, where necessary taking responsibility for a share
of the cost as well as meeting travelling expenses.
"Our financial position has been very satisfactory and our
activities have not, therefore, been hampered as they were for
a time during 1955. The Christmas Seal Sale proved more
difficult than usual in view of the many appeals, both local and