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tuberculosis officer to take charge of the dispensary
; and that the Board were advised that
the cost of maintenance of a municipal dispensary
to serve Bethnal Green only would be
greater than the share of the Borough Council
in the cost of the dispensary provided at the
Victoria Park Hospital.
25. The Local Government Board requested that
the Council would give consideration tn the above observations,
and stated that if the Council was of opinion
that a conference between representatives of the Borough
Council and the Board's officers would be of advantage,
the Board would be happy to make the necessary arrangements.
26. Having regard to the views expressed by the
Local Government Board, the sub-committee of the Public
Health Committee requested the Town Clerk again to
approach the authorities at the City of London Hospital
as to the terms on which the Hospital Governors would
provide dispensary treatment for residents of Bethnal
Green.
27. The Hospital Authorities have replied by intimating
their willingness to provide the dispensary treatment
for Bethnal Green for the sum of £925 per annum,
and they have forwarded a draft agreement, in terms
mutatis mutandis with those contained in a proposed
agreement between the Hospital Governors and the Hackney
Borough Council.
28. The terms suggested by the Hospital Authorities
for a formal agreement with this Council are to the
undermentioned effect:—
(a) The Hospital Governors to provide a tuberculosis