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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
Tuberculosis, 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 light treatment, 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.
(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.
(9) Co-operating with general practitioners in the
examination, supervision and treatment of insured persons.
(10) Acting as tuberculosis consultant to Bermondsey
and Rotherhithe Hospital. The Tuberculosis Officer visits
the hospital once a week.
Special Facilities at Hospitals, etc. —The Tuberculosis Dispensary
has been linked up with Guy's Hospital for the purpose of
providing observation beds and special facilities for treatment and
diagnosis. The authorities and medical staff at Guy's have
agreed to undertake this work free of charge. Arrangements have