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Hackney 1914

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1914

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3. The Dispensary will be properly equipped with
apparatus by the Hospital Authorities, the premises and the
whole arrangements being satisfactory to the Local Government
Board, the London County Council, and the Insurance Committee
of the County of London.
4. The Dispensary will be under the control of the Hospital
Authorities, except such administrative control as devolves
on the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hackney,
as chief administrative Tuberculosis Officer of the Hackney
Municipal Tuberculosis Scheme.
5. The Hospital shall appoint a Special Advisory Committee
in relation to the Tuberculosis Dispensary, consisting of
certain members of the Committee of the Hospital, together
with the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney, two representatives
nominated by the Hackney Borough Council, and
two representatives nominated by the London Insurance
Committee, of whom one shall be a Panel Doctor.
6. The Medical Tuberculosis Officer, upon the request of
the Medical Officer of Health, shall examine persons at their
homes either suffering from Tuberculosis or suspected to be
suffering from this disease who are unable, or cannot be persuaded,
to attend the Dispensary. He shall be available, either
at the Dispensary or in the patients' own homes, for consultation
and diagnosis on application being made through the
Medical Officer of Health for his services by any medical
practitioner practising within the Borough of Hackney.
Where the Tuberculosis Officer has any doubt or difficulty in
diagnosis or treatment of any case of Tuberculosis, he shall
have the right of consultation with members of the visiting
staff of the Hospital, whose decision shall be for the time
binding.
7. For the first year, as a temporary measure, subject to
subsequent revision, a charge of 2s. per head for each patient's