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houses within the Borough in which cases of tuberculosis
have been diagnosed or treated by him or
his assistants.
(7) That the Council shall be entitled to appoint
three persons, to act upon and be members of the
Dispensary Committee, and that such persons shall
have and exercise all the rights and powers appertaining
to membership of the said Committee.
In 1914 the Dispensary was moved from 632, Fulham
Road to 114, New King's Road, which was leased to
the Committee by the Council, and a further agreement
was made, under which the Council agreed to contribute
£700 a year towards the maintenance of the
Dispensary and to pay £50 a year to the Brompton
Hospital for Consumption in respect of patients sent
by the Tuberculosis Officer to the hospital for diagnosis
or treatment as out-patients. As very few patients
were sent from the Dispensary to Brompton the latter
contribution has been, with the consent of the Governors
of the hospital and the approval of the Local
Government Board, reduced to £10 10s. Od. The
Council also pay over to the Dispensary Committee
the amount they receive, viz., £387 a year, from the
London Insurance Committee, in respect of insured
patients treated at the Dispensary.
Of the net amount paid by the Council one half is
refunded by the Ministry of Health and one quarter
by the London County Council.
The staff of the Dispensary at present consists of :—
Tuberculosis Officer, Dr. J. Sullivan.
Assistant Tuberculosis Officer, Dr. W. Murphy.
Three Nurses.
Dispenser and Laboratory Assistant.
Clerk.
During the past year 1,853 patients attended the
dispensary, 478 being insured persons (including 193
ex-soldiers and sailors), 368 uninsured adults, and 1,007
children under 16.
797 (426 males and 371 females) were new patients,
and of these 265 were notified as suffering from
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