The non-medical aspects of out-patient care of the TB patient over the years of the twentieth century to the present are described in this paper. The various Acts invoked over the years provided for such relief measures to TB patients as supplementing the family budget through redeemable food coupons, providing beds and bedding and grants to construct an additional room in the patient's home, establishing retraining schools and residential farms. Placement Officer's Office, where an officer assessed patients for their capabilities of work and placed them in suitable employment, was also organised.