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that representations should be made to the Treasury
as to the inadequacy of the sums available for
defraying the expenses of sanatorium benefit in
respect of insured persons suffering from tuberculosis
in the County of London, the Council is of the
opinion that no comprehensive scheme can be
adequately carried out unless provision is made for
meeting the full cost of the treatment of insured
persons out of the Insurance Fund or by the
Government.
30. On the 18th November the County Council
requested to be provided with full particulars of the
proposals of the Borough Council with regard to the
provision of dispensary treatment.
31. On the 2nd December, the Medical Officer of
Health of the London County Council transmitted
resolutions of the County Council dealing with the
general principles by which the Council would be guided
in the consideration of local schemes, as follows:
(1) That in the opinion of the Council it is
essential that, in connection with the treatment of
tuberculosis in London : (i) all possible use should
be made of existing institutions; and (ii) approval
should not be given to any scheme which fails to
provide for each dispensary being linked up with a
hospital to which special cases shall be referred for
consultation or treatment, residential or otherwise.
(2) (a) That any comprehensive scheme for the
treatment of tuberculosis in London shall provide
for the undermentioned principles to be observed in
any local scheme which the Council will approve
for the provision of dispensary treatment.
(i) The Council must be satisfied that the