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In no case has it been necessary to secure a magistrate's order
for compulsory removal, but it has been possible to secure improvement
in the home conditions of patients by making reference to
the powers for removal contained in the Act.
Provision of Shelters for Home Isolation.—Upon the recommendation
of the Tuberculosis Officers shelters are loaned and
erected in the gardens of patients' homes in order to facilitate home
isolation. The number on loan at the end of the year was one.
Day Sanatorium (Open Air School) for Tuberculous Children.
—The work of the Stormont House School, which was opened by
the London County Council on 8th September, 1919, is of increasing
value to the tuberculosis service. The average number on the roll
for the year is 86, with an average attendance of 73. Dr. Howell,
Tuberculosis Officer to the City of London Hospital Tuberculosis
Dispensary, is responsible for the medical care of the children, and
visits the school once weekly.
Boarding.out of Children.—During the year six children (contacts
of four cases) were recommended by the Tuberculosis Officers
for boarding out under the County Council's scheme.
In the first case the child was boarded.out until after the
patient's death, in the second case two children were boarded.out
until the family's removal to the County Council's estate at
Becontree, in the third case the infant of the patient was boarded.
out and was still being cared for in an institution at the end of the
year, and in the fourth case the parents withdrew their consent to
the proposal to arrange for the care of their two children.