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Report of Work of the Tuberculosis Care Committee,
for 1936.
Reviewing the work of the past year no changes of procedure are
apparent. As always, many calls for help have been received to which
we have been able to respond, in some cases by enlisting the help of an
appropriate society, and in others from our own fund. We can report
with great pleasure that the sum of £100 was raised by the sale of
Christmas Seals, a slight increase on the two previous years. The
expenses amounted to £l 1s. 1d., leaving the sum of £98 18s. l1d.
available for disbursement. A statement of accounts will be published,
together with a report which will give readers an insight into various
aspect? of "Care Work" which are not dealt with here.
218 cases were recommended for treatment during the year. Appropriate
action was taken by the Committee in every case.
1,092 visits have been paid to patients at home or in hospital.
1,122 persons have been interviewed at the Dispensary by the
Secretary.
906 cases have been considered by the Committee at their meetings.
8 children were accepted for boarding out under the London County
Council's contact scheme; two were found to be in need of treatment
in hospital, the remaining six were placed in suitable homes through
the Invalid Children's Aid Association.
Behind this group of figures lie sickness, suffering and sorrow, the
extent of which is known perhaps only to the Care Committee. This
knowledge entails responsibility. Although the Committee do not
shrink from the burden, yet, because it is heavy, they are impelled to
call for help to lighten it from those outside the work—and not in vain.
Sympathy, understanding and financial help are given, in what
generous measure can be observed by referring to the report on the
result of our Christmas Seal Sale.
The comfort and help that we are able to render through the
kindness of our many friends cannot be measured in terms of money
only; the kindly thought behind the gift that meets material needs has
a value all its own.
Progress in re-housing our tuberculous patients and their families
has been maintained, the preferential treatment accorded to such cases
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