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The above staff is a part of the Public Health Department, and
the duties comprise the following:—
(1) Receiving notifications of Tuberculosis on Forms A, B, C,
and D, and keeping a register of these.
(2) Keeping administrative and clinical records of all cases and
suspected cases of Tuberculosis in the Borough.
(3) Supervision and periodical examinations of all cases of
Tuberculosis, including regular visitation of the homes
by a Dispensary Nurse, the giving of advice on hygiene
and reporting insanitary conditions to the Medical Officer
of Health.
(4) Assisting general practitioners in the diagnosis of Tuberdulosis,
and advising them as to treatment both in
insured and non-insured cases.
(5) Examination of "contacts."
(6) Special examinations of ex-sailors and ex-soldiers for the
Local Pensions Committee and the Medical Boards of
the Ministry of Pensions.
(7) Giving special treatment, such as "Tuberculin," and giving
medicinal treatment in cases where, for special reasons,
they are not being treated by general practitioners, Poor
Law doctors, or other medical men. Cases requiring
the administration of ordinary medicine (including cod
liver oil, etc.), comprise those under treatment by
"Tuberculin." Not infrequently cases of this sort
improve so much under the strict supervision and
treatment of the Dispensary that residence in a sanatorium
becomes unnecessary. These cases requiring
ordinary drugs do not constitute a large number, as the
amount of money spent on drugs will show.
(8) Making recommendations to the London County Council
regarding treatment in residential institutions, and
making progress reports to the London County Council
of cases that have been treated in a sanatorium.