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to the Council so much as falls to the Council on
a proportionate basis of the numbers treated by the
Council as compared with the number treated
throughout the Metropolis. It seems doubtful,
however, whether this latter amount, having been
considerably reduced (see paragraph 24) will equal
the cost of treatment of insured persons.
Recommendation.
In view of the necessity which now devolves upon
this Authority to proceed with the formulation of a
scheme for the provision of dispensary treatment for
persons suffering from tuberculosis within the Borough
and mindful of the conditions imposed by the resolutionsof
the London County Council,
I Recommend.—That negotations be re-opened
Avith the authorities of the Victoria Park Chest Hospital
in order to ascertain to what extent this Authority mightbe
able to avail itself of the facilities offered by them,
and what modifications, in the altered circumstances,
may be desirable in the conditions originally proposed
by the Hospital Committee.
Communications should be sent to the London
Hospital and the Mildmay Mission Hospital inviting
observations as to the provisions at these institions of
beds for treatment of surgical cases of tuberculosis, and
also at the Queen's Hospital, Hackney Road, as to the
provision of beds for children, both for surgical cases
and for " observation " purposes.
Note- The facilities afforded by the Victoria Park
Chest Hospital might be ulitised:—
1. In the direction of the provision only of
expert methods of diagnosis and treatment, also of