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B.C.G. Vaccination against Tuberculosis.
B.C.G Vaccination of schoolchildren at about the age of 13 is carried out under
Section 28 of the National Health Service Act. During 1967, 1,955 schoolchildren
were skin-tested and the details are as follows:-
No. skin tested 1955 (1281)
No. found positive 229 (1137)
No. found negative 1655 (119)
No. vaccinated 1638 (119)
The figures in brackets show the number of schoolchildren who were re-tested
during the year.
AFTER CARE FACILITIES.
The Richmond upon Thames Chest and Tuberculosis Care Committee continued
to undertake the after care of chest cripples for the whole Borough.
I am indebted to Mrs. M. Jolliffe, Chairman, and her colleagues for the following
report on the progress of the Organisation during the year.
"The Care Committee has continued with the work of alleviating the distress
and difficulties which come with serious chest illness, by meeting special needs and
filling those gaps inevitably left by official schemes of treatment and allowances.
The patient and his family are considered as a unit; food, fuel, holidays, clothes,
furnishings, and many other items are provided.
This has been the first complete year in which the Committee has had the
additional responsiblity of handling the scheme for extra nourishment for necessitous
cases, as agreed with the Borough Council. Though this is financed by a
grant from the Council it has proved a considerable administrative burden. The
Committee itself raises funds (£330 in the year ended 31st March, 1967) to help
with the special needs and problems of any chest patient.
It is still of concern to the Committee that the build up of work in the
Twickenham area continues to be slow, nine families being helped while there
were 55 helped in the Richmond and Barnes area.
The Committee continues its association with similar Care Committees
throughout Surrey and in the Greater London Boroughs of South West London
and through joint schemes can make available to people in Richmond upon Thames
facilities, such as special holidays, which would not otherwise be possible".
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