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WALTHAMSTOW CHEST CLINIC
Dr. H. Ramsay, Consultant Chest Physician, has contributed the
following -
" The Chest Clinic at Whipps Cross now serves the
territory of Walthamstow, Chingford and Leyton. The
work of the Clinic continues to develop but the main
point of interest so far as this report is concerned
is the situation as regards tuberculosis. The
following are the figures for the area of the Borough
of Walthamstow; -
* New Notifications.
Respiratory 55(37)
Non Respiratory 10(8)
* Notifications in the Pakistani group.
Respiratory 9
Non-Respiratory 1
(The figures in brackets indicate the new notifications
for the previous year 1962)
" It will be seen that there has been an increase in the
number of cases notified. There is no immediate explanation
for this, though the continued intensity of the search for
new cases by Mass Radiography and other methods may have
something to do with it. In any case it is an indication
that efforts to control the disease should in no way be
slackened.
" The work of the Chest Clinic and the Local Health
Authority must continue at the highest possible level of
efficiency for some time to come."
WALTHAMSTOW AND CHINGFORD ASSOCIATION OF
TUBERCULOSIS CARE HELPERS
Miss A. Woolgar, Honorary Case Secretary of the Walthamstow
arid Chingford Association of Tuberculosis Care Helpers
reports as follows:-
"the year 1963, being the first full year during which we were free
to use our County Council grants for the benefit of non tuberculous
Patients, has given us a clearer picture of the ways in which our
funds may be applied in this respect.
'Cases of lung cancer have been given immediate assistance while
waiting grants from the Society for Cancer Relief. Bronchitics have
been provided with extra nourishment and fuel during the winter months,
or assistance with holiday expenses in the summer, and many small
items of help have been given on lines similar to those available to
the tuberculous , as shown in the figures given below, help for the
tuberculous still being the larger proportion.