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TREATMENT OF DISEASE
Under Section 77 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, the Council may, with the sanction
of the Local Government Board, provide or contract with any person to provide a temporary supply
of medicines and medical assistance for the poorer inhabitants of their district. In pursuance of
these powers and the Board's Anti-toxin Order, diphtheria anti-toxin is supplied by the Council free
of charge, and a fee of 5s. is paid to any medical practitioner who administers the Council's antitoxin
to a poor person suffering or suspected to be suffering from diphtheria. An Annual subscription
of £5 5s. is also paid by the Council to the Kensington District Nursing Association in
recognition of their services in rendering temporary medical assistance through their nurses to the
sick poor, and particularly to infants suffering from ophthalmia.
Section 75 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, empowers the Council to provide hospitals
or contract for the use of any part of a hospital for the inhabitants of their district. It is under
this Section that the Council propose to contract with the Brompton Hospital and the North
Kensington Dispensary for the dispensary treatment of non-insured consumptives, and already
subscribe to the following institutions: —
£ s. d.
Brompton Hospital 10 10 0
West London Hospital 5 5 0
Kensington General Hospital 5 5 0
St. Mary's Hospital 5 5 0
Chelsea Hospital for Women 5 5 0
Paddington Green Children's Hospital 5 5 0
Kensington Dispensary and Children's Hospital 5 5 0
Kensington District Nursing Association 5 5 0
Kensal Gospel and Medical Mission 5 5 0
£52 10 0
The subscription to the Kensington District Nursing Association is paid under Section 77