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contact cases to be in the hands of the Medical
Officer of Health ; the Tuberculosis Officer to be
available so far as his other duties would allow.
21. It was not desired at that stage to touch more
definitely upon the financial aspect of the matter than
to say that, if it was within the power of the Council
to make arrangements on the basis of a definite payment
per attendance of each patient, the Committee
thought no more satisfactory nor convenient method
could possibly be found. Failing this, a discussion
on the matter would be welcomed.
(It is now understood that the London County Council
object to a system of payment per visit, or per capita.)
22. On the 29th March, 1913, a letter was received
from the Local Government Board, enclosing a copy of a
letter addressed by the Board to the Secretary of the
Chest Hospital, stating that the Board welcomed a proposal
of the Committee of Management to establish a
tuberculosis dispensary at the Hospital, asking for further
particulars of the proposal, and stating that the Board
would require to be satisfied that the work of the
Dispensary would be properly linked up with the work
of the Borough Council under the Tuberculosis Regulations,
and that arrangements were made for the
examination of " contacts " by the Tuberculosis Officer
of the Dispensary. (Sec. 4 in the proposed Regulations
of the Hospital.)
23. On the 14th May 1913, the Local Government
Board sent a letter to the Council requesting to be
furnished with an estimate of the proposed expenditure
of the Council in respect of their dispensary scheme.
24. About this time it became known that, in
accordance with an arrangement made by the Treasury