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REPORT OF THE TUBERCULOSIS CARE COMMITTEE,
1931.
As in former years the Committee has met weekly.
It consists of representatives of the Borough Tuberculosis Dispensary
(the Tuberculosis Officer is the Chairman), the Borough Council, the
London County Council Organiser of School Care Committees, the Invalid
Children's Aid Association, the Charity Organisation Society, the British
Legion, the United Services Fund, the Soldiers' and Sailors' Help Society,
the Red Cross and the Women's University Settlement.
THE COMMITTEE'S WORK.
The Committee consider cases referred to it by the Borough
Tuberculosis Officer for Sanatorium or Hospital treatment under the
London County Council Tuberculosis scheme, cases brought up for some
special need by the Tuberculosis Officer, the Nurses or any member of the
Committee and sees that the required help is obtained from the various
agencies to which the Committee refer the cases and assesses the amount
which the patient's family should contribute towards the cost of the
treatment when their means allow.
Many cases go away for months, even years, who could not do so if
allowances were not provided for their families in their absence. Children
have sometimes to be looked after or placed in homes during the mother's
absence and many patients have to be provided with the necessary clothes.
For these, and other, purposes, 28 persons have been referred to the
Charity Organisation Society, 27 to the Soldiers' and Sailors' Help
Society, 37 to the United Services Fund and the British Legion, 4- to the
Society for the Relief of Distress and 11 to regimental agencies and the
Royal Naval Benevolent Trust. The Friends of the Poor, the Red Cross,
the Mayor's Fund and private individuals have also rendered great
assistance.
On 12 occasions the Public Assistance Committee has supplied
outfits of clothes, and the Invalid Kitchens co-operated in the supply
of suitable meals.
We work in close co-operation with the two branches of the Invalid
Children's Aid Association who take charge of the children's cases by
filling in the Home Enquiry forms, collecting the payments, visiting
the families, caring for the children's future and making known to the
Care Committee any special needs.