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BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK.
Southwark Tuberculosis Dispensary,
82-84, Newington Causeway, S.E.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Borough of Southwark.
Sir, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have pleasure in presenting my Annual Report for 1930.
The work of the Dispensary has been carried on as in previous years
with the same staff, viz.: a Lady Secretary-Dispenser and three Nurses.
During this year the now Local Government Board Act came into
force doing away with the old Board of Guardians and consequently the
late Poor Law Hospitals now come under the jurisdiction of the London
County Council. This has given us the long needed opportunity of
being able to send more of our advanced cases into these Hospitals as
there are now more Institutions than Southwark Hospital (renamed
Dulwich Hospital) which are able to accept our cases.
Artificial Pneumothorax treatment for patients with one-sided
disease of the chest and even with two-sided disease, provided that on
one side the lung is fairly workable, is now considered the most modern
form of treatment for Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Thirteen of our cases
are being treated by this method, the treatment having been begun while
they were receiving sanatorium treatment through the London County
Council and continued by us in conjunction with Brompton Hospital.
For each case the Borough Council pay the Hospital authorities 10/6 for
each refill. At the beginning of the treatment the refills may be given
once a week, decreasing to once a fortnight and once a month according
to the progress made by the patient. One Dispensary patient has been
receiving this treatment for almost ten years and, although the treatment
has recently ceased, she is keeping well and following her usual occupation.
The patient was considered to be suffering from fairly advanced
disease when the treatment was started.