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9(5
Report of Tuberculosis Officer.
In the "Memorandum as to contents and arrangement of the Annual
Reports of Medical Officers of Health for 1920," the Ministry of Health
require to be included in the annual report the following particulars
relating to the administration of the Council's Tuberculosis Scheme.
The information below has been furnished by the Tuberculosis Officer,
Dr. W. C. P. Smith.
(i.) A list of dispensaries, specifying also branch dispensaries and
visiting stations; a list of the Tuberculosis Officers employed; a statement
of the numbers of other officers employed in dispensary work; a list of residential
institutions, specifying for each the number of beds normally available
for patients from the area of the Local Authority, and the type of case
for which these beds are used. In the case of residential institutions
belonging to the Local Authority, the names of the Medical Officers and the
number of other officers should be given.
Tuberculosis.
(1) (a) Tuberculosis Dispensary.—Alexandra House, 135, Bow
Road, E.
Premises unsuitable, owing to noise, being situated on the main
road—which is paved with granite setts and ever which the traffic is
heavy. At the back the noise is even more troublesome—owing to the
recent extension of a neighbouring engineering works—in such a way as
to practically surround the dispensary at close quarters.
The Council are negotiating for other premises in Wellington Road.
This is a comparatively quiet site, and far better suited for the purposes
of a dispensary.
(b) Proposed Branch Dispensary. — No. 116, High Street, Poplar,
has been acquired for the purposes of a Branch Dispensary, to serve the
southern part of the Borough. This branch will be opened so soon as
possession of the premises—which are at present occupied—can be
obtained.
Tuberculosis Officer : W. C. P. Smith.
Assistant Tuberculosis Officer : F. N. Moos.
Other Officers :—
3 Health Visitors.
1 Dispenser.
1 Clerk.
1 Assistant Clerk.
1 Part-time Helper (female).
1 Caretaker.