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"During the year we were represented at the bi-annual meetings of
Essex Tuberculosis Care Associations and our member spoke on behalf
of these Associations at the Conference of Voluntary Bodies held in
October.
The Chairman and the Hon. Case Secretary also attended a
Conference on Bronchitis arranged in London by the Chest and Heart
Association.
Throughout the year we have enjoyed a very happy relationship
with the local authority and with those voluntary and statutory
bodies which also are concerned with the welfare of the patients
and their families and we are grateful for their co-operation.
"In the autumn, serious consideration was given to the advisability
of amalgamation with the Leyton Tuberculosis Association. The local
Chest Clinic, now established in a new building within Whipps Cross
Hospital now serves the three boroughs, Walthamstow Chingford and
Leyton which will merge into Borough 13 under the Greater London
Plan and it was felt that the establishment of a singe Care
Association would be beneficial from the patients' point of view and
would, in some respects, simplify the handling of their personal
problems within the Chest Clinic.
'General agreement on this matter was reached before the end of
the year and it is expected that by the time this Report is published
amalgamation will already have taken place.
"It may be of interest to note that the Walthamstow Association
came into being in 1926. Chingford joining us during the war years,
and that the present Chairman. Mrs. A. Cordell in the only founder
member still serving.
"There seems to be no doubt that an Association such as this still
has a useful part to play in the total care of ther chest Clinic
patient and should be able to continue to fulfil its function within
the new Borough.''