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Measures taken during the year.— In general these were the same
as those specified in my report for the year 1909. One of the greatest
aids to the prevention of the spread of this disease would no doubt
be a tuberculosis dispensary in the Borough. This question has
been raised, and there is some prospect of such an institution being
established in the Borough either by voluntary means or by the
Borough Council. On enquiry of the Clerk to the Guardians as to
the hospital accommodation provided at the Infirmary for cases of
pulmonary tuberculosis, I have received the following letter:—
HACKNEY UNION.
Clerk's Offices,
Sidney Road,
Homerton, N.E.
19th June, 1911.
Dear Sir,—In reply to your letter of the 17th instant, I beg
to inform you that in the Infirmary of this Union two wards for
males and one ward for females accommodating 28, 29 and 30
patients respectively, are set apart for cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
only.
Adult cases of Tuberculosis are also sent by the Guardians to
the Seaside Sanatoria, Sandgate, and on the 31st December last
there were one male and four females at that establishment chargeable
to this Union.
The Metropolitan Asylums Board also receive children suffering
from Tuberculosis at the following establishments, viz.:—
Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, at Carshalton; Millfield,
Rustington; St. Anne's Home, Heme Bay; and East Cliff House,
Margate; and on the 29th April last there were 43 cases thereat
chargeable to this Union.
Yours faithfully,
(Signed) Frank R. Coles,
Clerk.
The Medical Officer of Health,
Metropolitan Borough of Hackney,
Town Hall, N.E.