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2 Cases were referred to the Battersea Trust Charities for
educational grants.
3 Cases were referred to the Borough Council—for remission
of rates, 2; other assistance, 1.
10 Cases were referred to other agencies for assistance.
Non-Dispensary Patients.
In addition to the work carried out by the staff of the Tuberculosis
Dispensary, 1,818 visits to houses of notified cases of Tuberculosis
were made by the Sanitary Inspectors (male and female).
Women and children notified to be suffering from Tuberculosis
and not attending the Tuberculosis Dispensary are visited at their
homes by one of the female Sanitary Inspectors (Miss Round).
During the year 1922 the number of cases of women and children
not in attendance at the Dispensary notified to the Medical Officer
of Health was 148. Of this number, after deducting cancelled
cases, removals, &c., 138 were investigated, and the results are
summarised as follows
Women—73. Children—65.
Married 35 Boys 31
Single 33 Girls 34
Widows 5
Total cases 138

Home Conditions.
The home conditions found on investigation showed a marked
improvement compared with a similar inquiry relating to the same
class of patients in 1921, in regard to the precautionary measures