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any rules which the Board may find it necessary to make as to
Dispensaries in London, and to work in co-operation with the
Borough Council and the London County Council, the Board
are of opinion that arrangements should be made for such a
Dispensary to serve the whole or part of the Borough."
Functions of the Dispensaries.
The Dispensaries will fulfil the following functions as suggested
in the Interim Report of the Departmental Committee on Tuberculosis:—
1. Receiving house and centre of diagnosis;
2. Clearing house and centre of observation;
3. Centre for curative treatment;
4. Centre for examination of "Contacts";
5. Centre for "After-care";
6. Information Bureau and Educational Centre.
The following are the conditions under which the Victoria
Park Hospital, and the Metropolitan Hospital Authorities have
agreed to establish Tuberculosis Dispensaries for the use of patients
from the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney.
Conditions.
(a) Victoria Park Hospital Dispensary.
1. The Hospital Governors are prepared to institute a
Tuberculosis Dispensary in connection with the Hospital,
separate and distinct from their out-patient department,
for the examination and treatment of patients from the Borough
of Hackney. The Dispensary shall be open to patients on at
least two evenings in every week.
2. They will appoint a whole time Medical Tuberculosis
Officer, at a salary of not less than £400 per annum. The
Officer appointed will be "a man of experience not only in
dealing with Tuberculosis affection, but also in general
medicine."