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Tuberculosis Dispensaries.
The provision of treatment and investigation of Tuberculosis
is undertaken by the Regional Hospital Board. The County
Council are responsible for the preventive side of the work, the
Health Visitors and Almoners working in the Chest Clinic at
the St. Helier Hospital being employed by the County Council.
Three-elevenths of the Tuberculosis Officer's time is allocated
to the preventive side of the work and is also the responsibility
of the County Council.
The sessions held at the Chest Clinic for Merton and
Morden patients are as follows :—
Mondays at 2.0 p.m.
Wednesdays at 9.30 a.m.
Fridays at 2 p.m.
1st Monday in the month at 5 p.m. (old cases only).
Venereal Diseases.
The treatment both in-patient and out-patient, of venereal
disease is the responsiblity of the Hospital Board and for
our area this treatment is mainly carried out at the St. Helier
Hospital, although both Kingston and Croydon General
Hospitals are near enough to serve the area as well. The
preventive side of the work, domiciliary visiting of contacts, etc.,
remains the responsibility of the local health authority and the
County Council have appointed two health visitors especially
for this purpose.