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One long-standing case of Lupus of the Palate has been attending
Guy's Hospital on the recommendation of the Tuberculosis Officer, for
Artificial Sunlight treatment.
ARTIFICIAL PNEUMO-THORAX TREATMENT.
Most satisfactory results are, generally speaking, obtained from this
form of treatment which is now, very frequently carried out in cases of
Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
Very frequently this treatment is induced while the patient is in
Sanatorium and, as in most cases the refills have to be continued from
two to three years, and at regular intervals, the refills are continued
after the patients' return home and in many cases after they have resumed
work.
The length of the treatment required varies and is determined
according to the condition of the patient's chest.
During the year 32 patients received such treatment in the OutPatients
Departments of St. Thomas's, Brompton, Guy's and other
Hospitals.
Each refill given to Dispensary patients was paid for at the rate of
10s. 6d., and the total amount paid by the Borough Council during the
year to the Hospitals concerned was £224 17s.
COLONY TRAINING.
During the year, two ex-service men, both suffering from Pulmonary
Tuberculosis, were colonised at Preston Hall, after having received
Sanatorium treatment there through the L.C.C
INVALID CHILDREN'S AID ASSOCIATION.
Children who attend the Dispensary, and who after examination are
considered to be not suffering from any form of Tuberculosis, but who
are delicate and suffering from debility after some illness, are referred,
when necessary, to the Invalid Children's Aid Association for a period
of Convalescence, at either sea-side or country homes.
Children who are living at home in contact with an infectious case
of Pulmonary Tuberculosis are also boarded-out, with the approval of
the L.C.C., by this Association. The boarding-out scheme, which is