Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1915 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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(b) That such records will be kept in connection
with the dispensary as the Board, after consultation
with the Insurance Commissioners,
may from time to time require;
(c) That the Board will be informed of any proposed
change in the ownership or management of
the dispensary, and any proposed alteration in
or addition to the medical staff of the dispensary;
and
(d) That any rules which the Board may find it
necessary to make in regard to dispensaries in
London will be complied with.
12. In December, 1912, the Local Government
Board informed the London County Council that the
Board regarded the County Council as the central organising
body of matters relating to tuberculosis dispensaries
in London, and the Board requested the County Council
to formulate a complete scheme for the Metropolis.
13. Shortly after the constitution of the Insurance
Committee for the County of London, under the provisions
of the National Insurance Act, 1911, very important
questions arose as to the treatment of insured
persons, and considerable time elapsed before doubts
could be resolved sufficiently to enable the London County
Council to complete the scheme referred to.
14. On the 26th May, 1914, the London County
Council adopted a general scheme for the treatment of
tuberculosis in London, in which matters relating to
provision of residential accommodation, hospital beds,
sanatorium beds, the treatment of advanced cases and
the treatment of children were dealt with, and the