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unit, consists of sanatorium, hospital, etc., for residential
treatment and other matters.
5. The Council, acting as the Sanitary Authority
for the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green, is concerned
with the dispensary portion of the scheme, as to
which it appears to be limited to one of two courses of
action, viz. —
(a) To establish and maintain a dispensary
tered and controlled by the Council, necessitating
for certain purposes a linking-up with
some local general hospital; or
(b) To enter into an agreement for the provision
of a dispensary at an existing institution.
6. There are advantages and disadvantages attendant
upon both these courses of action, and it is in many
cases a matter of opinion as to what really is an advantage
or disadvantage.
7. The authorities to whom the Council should
communicate the terms of any proposed scheme for the
establishment of a tuberculosis dispensary are the Local
Government Board, the London County Council and the
Insurance Committee for the County of London, who
will contribute in varying proportions towards the cost
of any such scheme approved by them.
8. The Local Government Board is also empowered
to arrange for capital grants to be made to a Council
undertaking the provision of a dispensary building, with
the consent of the Board, and according to a scale laid
down by the Local Government Board, the maximum
grant to the Council would be £240. Grants in excess
of the scale have been made to certain borough councils