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BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK.
Southwark Tuberculosis Dispensary,
82-84, Newington Causeway, S.B.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Borough of SouthwarK.
Sir, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have pleasure in presenting my Annual Report for 1929.
The work of the Dispensary has been carried on as in previous years,
with the same staff, viz. : a Lady Secretary-Dispenser and three Nurses.
During the year an old Caretaker and her daughter, Mrs. West,
retired on pension after serving at the Dispensary since it started in
1914; we were very sorry to lose her services. Mr. and Mrs. Whitton
were appointed in her stead as joint caretakers.
322 cases were recommended to the London County Council for
Sanatorium treatment, and 40 doubtful cases were sent to Brompton and
other hospitals for observation.
The children of 9 patients were either boarded out or sent to Convalescent
Homes, under the Contact Scheme of the London County
Council, with the help of the Invalid Children's Aid Association.
We still have a good proportion of children in the two Open-Air
Schools, Nightingale House, Bermondsey, and Springwell House School,
Clapham Common.
10 Ex-Service Pensioners were recommended for Sanatorium treatment
and others were treated at home by their Private Practitioners and
a good number attended at the Dispensary.
28 cases of Doubtful Tuberculosis were sent to Guy's Hospital for
X-Ray Examination under an arrangement with that Hospital.
10 cases attended Brompton Hospital for the purposes of Refills for
Pneumo-Thorax treatment all being paid for by this Dispensary.