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local medical officer of health, the local dispensary care committee (or,
in the absence of such a committee, of the tuberculosis officer) and local
social workers, representatives of local hospitals and others.
The Council hopes to receive from the representatives of voluntary
agencies advice as to the amount which should be paid in each case,
and also as to the most suitable visitor to collect the contribution. The
amounts collected will be paid in to the Comptroller of the Council.
November, 1915.
Tuberculosis Scheme.
Interim Advisory Committee —Children.
Pending the submission of Schemes for Tuberculosis Care Committee
by the Borough Councils and their approval by the London
County Council and Local Goverument Board, it is suggested that
Interim Committees be formed in connection with each Borough or
Dispensary area, and that they should be constituted as follows:—
(a) Borough Medical Officer of Health.
(b) Tuberculosis Dispensary Medical Officer.
(c) Health Visitors.
(d) London County Council Divisional Medical Officer.
(e) London County Council District Organizer.
(f) Invalid Children's Aid Association Representatives.
(g) Hospital Almoner or Representative.
Procedure proposed under the Interim Advisory Committee Scheme.
(1) Forms A and B will be forwarded to the County Medical
Officer of Health by the Borough Medical Officer of Health as
at present.
(2) Cases may be rejected or sent to the referee on purely
medical grounds as hitherto.
(3) Cases selected as suitable for medical reasons will be
forwarded together with Form B to the London County Council
District Organizer.
(4) These cases will be referred to the Interim Advisory
Committee concerned by the District Organizer. They will be
asked to make recommendations as to the amount (if any) for
which the parent should be assessed, and as to the visitor who
should be attached to the case, and they will forward all such
information as they possess on these matters to the County Medical
Officer of Health through the District Organizer. The Committee