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(b) with a view to providing treatment for
insured persons otherwise than in sanatoria or other
institutions with the like persons or authorities as
in (a), which treatment, including the appointment
of officers, it shall be lawful for the local authority
if so authorised by the Local Government Board toundertake.
5. The principal recommendations of the Departmental
Committee were as follow :—
(a) That with a view to encouraging the early
provision and equipment of tuberculosis dispensaries,
capital grants should be made up to four-fifths of the
amount required, provided that this sum should,
generally, not exceed £1 per 750 of population or
an average of £240 per dispensary. (On the
population of Bethnal Green it would amount
to £170.)
(b) That grants should be made for beds other
than sanatorium beds (e.g., observation beds in
hospitals).
(c) That schemes dealing with the whole population
should be drawn up by the Councils of
counties and county-boroughs, or by a combination
of these bodies, at the earliest possible date.
(d) That so far as possible, grants in aid of
tuberculosis dispensaries should be given only
where such institutions will become constituent parts
of complete schemes.
(e) That in framing complete schemes, regard
should be had to all the existing available authorities
and organisations and institutions, with a view to
avoiding waste by overlapping, and to obtain their
co-operation and inclusion within the schemes proposed
(e.g. Victoria Park Chest Hospital).