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the south-east sub-district, i.e., a population of 57,198, the
remaining population of 165,476 may be satisfactorily served by
the Metropolitan Hospital Dispensary.
Situation and Means of Access to these Hospital Dispensaries.—
The Victoria Park Hospital Dispensary is situated in the Borough
of Bethnal Green at the end of Bonner Road and close to the
south-east boundary of the Borough. It is within easy walking
distance of a considerable part of south-east Hackney, and may
be without difficulty approached by motor omnibus, tram or
railway from all other parts of the Sub-district.
The Metropolitan Hospital Dispensary is also easily reached
from all parts of the other three sub-districts, either by trams,
motor omnibuses or railway.
Advantages of this Scheme over that of the Council providing and
maintaining the Dispensaries.—(1) Less expensive, as the premises
and equipment of the institution are already provided and no great
capital outlay will be required. The amount which would be
allowed for capital charges in any case would not exceed for Hackney
the sum of £240. This sum is estimated from Section 1 (Financial
Recommendations of the Interim Report of the Departmental
Committee on Tuberculosis). This sum would not go very far
towards building a new Dispensary.
(2) These dispensaries being in connection with existing
Hospitals, beds can be retained for observation cases, &c., as
required for each dispensary. (The Local Government Board's
memorandum of December 6th, 1912, states on this point "It is
desirable that observation beds should be available for use in
connection with a dispensary, though the beds need not be in the
dispensary itself.")
(3) The Hospital consulting staff may be made available, if
necessary, on terms to be agreed upon.