London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Bethnal Green 1913

Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1913 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector

This page requires JavaScript

65
premises to be utilised as a dispensary are suitable
for the purpose.
(ii) The scheme must include provision, either
in the dispensary or at a hospital working in
connection with the dispensary, for the diagnosis,
not only of ordinary straightforward cases, but
also of incipient, anomalous and difficult cases
specially referred on the ground of difficulty of
diagnosis.
(iii) The physician in charge of the dispensary
(or "Tuberculosis Officer"), must be a
man of experience, not only in dealing with
tuberculous affections, but also in general
medicine.
(iv) Proper records and statistics in connection
with the work of the Dispensary shall be
provided of the nature and form required by the
Council and approved by the Local Government.
Board.
(v) The physician in charge of the Dispensary
shall supply to the Medical Officer of Health of
the Borough from which patients are drawn such
information as the Medical Officer of Health may
reasonably require, and the County Medical Officer
of Health shall be entitled to receive this information
from the Borough Medical Officer of Health.
The physician in charge of the Dispensary shall
also furnish the requisite information to any
medical practitioner carrying out domiciliary
treatment, or, in a case which is referred to a
sanatorium, to the Medical Officer of that institution.
(vi) The scheme shall include provision for
home visitation of patients, either by the Dispell-