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REPORT OF THE TUBERCULOSIS OFFICER OF THE METRO
POLITAN HOSPITAL TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY FOR THE
YEAR 1919.
(Submitted to the Committee of Management of that Hospital.)
January 19 th, 1920.
To the Committee of Management,
Metropolitan Hospital Tuberculosis Dispensary.
Gentlemen,
I beg to present the report for the year 1919, the fifth since the
dispensary opened.
1 commenced my duties on the 1st November, immediately after
you did me the honour of appointing me as Medical Tuberculosis
Officer, and in view of my short period of office, my observations on
the work done during the year are limited, and I must leave the
figures given in the appended tables to speak for themselves. I have
formed the opinion, however, during my short experience of the
work, and by knowledge gained hy a survey of the notes and figures
for the year, that the dispensary is continuing to fulfil, with efficiency,
its share of the work in the tuberculosis schemc of the
boroughs.
The work was carried on with enthusiasm and ability during
the first ten months of the year by Dr. F. N. Moos, and the
methodical and extensive notes carefully made by him have aided
me greatly in carrying on with the treatment of the cases.
Thanks are due to Mr. Buchanan for his kind assistance in
administrative matters, and to Miss Bennett for her co-operation in
kindly supplying nurses, whose valuable services are much
appreciated.
To the medical and surgical staff in charge of the various
departments of the hospital I am much indebted for their expert
and ready assistance in cases referred to them ; and especially to
Dr. Mowat for the many X-Ray examinations and reports, which
have proved so valuable in forming a diagnosis.