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Statistics for the Year ending October 31st, 1921.
No. of cases on Register Oct. 31st, 1920 391
,, New cases 157 (Adults 65)
,, New cases sent to Institutions 92
,, Cases still away Oct. 31st, 1921 53
Amount of Patients' payments collected and paid
to L.C.C £554 3s. Od.
No. of Cases brought before Committee 294
Total No. on Register Oct. 31st, 1921 551
The functions of a Tuberculosis Care Committee include—
1. Arranging for the provision of Shelters for suitable cases.
2. Assisting in advising parents of tuberculous children with
regard to medical appliances; arranging for medical assistance of
a minor nature, such as dental and other treatment.
3. Assisting as regards separate sleeping accommodation;
provision of beds and bedding.
4. Preventing the spread of infection by arranging for
removal to hospital of advanced cases.
5. Advising the parents of tuberculous or pre-tuberculous
children in order that they may not become engaged in unsuitable
forms of work.
6. Provision of extra nourishment and clothing for debilitated
children of tuberculous parents; following up these cases and
arranging for open-air school or class attendance.
7. Arranging for the placing of 'patients returned from
sanatorium in suitable occupations, so that the money expended
on their treatment shall not be wasted; keeping the family of
sanatorium patients under observation and assisting to the fullest
possible extent in order to prevent the premature return of patients
from sanatorium in order to look after their families.