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Report of Tuberculosis Officer—continued.
Dispensary for direct admission to London County Council general
hospitals, and 67 patients sent to general hospital from other
sources were seen at hospital by the Tuberculosis Officer. (269
reports on the condition of the patients treated in previous years
were sent to the County Council).
In the case of patients attending voluntary hospitals who are
recommended for sanatorium treatment, a copy of the discharge
report is always sent to the hospital concerned on the patient's
return, for the information of the doctor in charge of the case.
Reports are asked for subsequently each year from the hospital
doctor so that the patient's progress can be supervised.
Deaths. Of the total deaths of Dispensary patients during
1935—
14 died within 3 months from the date of the first attendance.
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In addition, 4 patients on the Register, but who were not
Dispensary attenders, died.
Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations,
1925. It was not found necessary to take any action in relation
to any tuberculous employee in the milk trade.
Christmas Gifts. We have to thank Miss Greig our Dispenser
who this year, again, provided a pleasant afternoon for many of
our child patients. Cakes and toys distributed to the children
were obtained from the Clerical Staff Xmas Gift Fund of the
Prudential Insurance Company, through Miss Greig's efforts.
Handicraft Centre.
To Mrs. Monk, who submits the following report, great thanks
are due for the time she devotes to this work and the trouble she
takes in eliciting support from various sources:—
"The Handicraft Class still proves to be a most successful
effort.
Every year sees some addition to the work undertaken.
Besides glove-making, leather and wicker-work, etc., one student
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