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Special mention and thanks should be given to the
Charity Organisation Society, who visit and interview
all adult cases recommended for institutional treatment
under the London County Council.
The Tuberculosis Officer wishes to express his deep
appreciation and thanks to the Chairman, Secretary and
other members of the Care Committee for their most
valuable help during the past year.
As an illustration of the work carried out by the
Care Committee, Miss Sargent has kindly compiled the
following cases :—
Specimen Cases:—
A. first attended the Dispensary in November, 1931, and
was at once recommended for institutional treatment
and admitted to Brompton before the end of the month.
He had been working on his own and his illness left
him without resources of any kind but he thought his
people would be able to supply him with pocket-money
while he was away.
However, it was not long before he wrote to the
Secretary and asked if any help could be obtained for
him as his brother and sister were not in a position to
make him any allowance for any length of time. An
appeal was made to the National Association for the Prevention
of Tuberculosis and met with a generous response.
Arrears of rent were paid off and a weekly allowance
paid to the patient through the Care Committee.
A. was away until December, 1932, and during the
whole of the time the Secretary wrote to him every fortnight
enclosing a postal order and asking for an acknowledgement.
These were very formal at first but gradually
lengthened into letters and when at last a vacancy
in Papworth was offered to A. the secretary felt she
knew him sufficiently well to urge him to accept.
The offer, however, was turned down. A. left
sanatorium just before Christmas but did not return to
Fulham until February. He came, full of gratitude for
all the help that had been given him, and then said
good-bye as " he had been married two days previously
and had moved into another area ! "