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Four patients received a total of 141 exposures to this form of
treatment during the year, the gross cost to the Council being
£35 5s. .0d.
Extra Nourishment.—The Council has continued during 1935
to grant extra nourishment in accordance with the suggestions contained
in Ministry of Health Circulars 194 and 257, issued in 1921,
to those tuberculous persons likely to benefit to the greatest extent
from such assistance, namely:—
(a) Ex-sanatorium patients likely to recover full working
capacity; and
(b) Patients with prospects of ultimate arrest of the
disease who are awaiting admission to sanatoria.
Enquiry is made into the financial position of every patient
recommended by the Tuberculosis Officers for the provision of
nourishment in order to ascertain whether the income of the patient
is within the "necessity" limit of the Council. The restriction of
grants to those patients who are unable to provide for their needs
is also necessary to keep the expenditure within the amount
approved by the Ministry of Health, namely, £2 per 1,000 of the
population.
During 1935 the number of patients to whom grants of milk and
eggs were made was 152, and the total cost to the Council was
£360 15s. Od.

After-Care.—The after-care of tuberculous persons in the
Borough is undertaken by the Hackney and Stoke Newington
Tuberculosis Care Committee. The Care Committee make enquiries
in every case about to undergo treatment in a residential institution
and give advice and assistance as required as regards difficulties
connected with disability benefits, pensions, and so on.