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Bermondsey 1927

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1927

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IV. TUBERCULOSIS.
TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY.
SCHEME FOR THE TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR COMMENCING
1st APRIL, 1928.
The Ministry of Health and the County Council have requested this Council to submit a scheme for the
treatment of tuberculosis for the financial year commencing 1st April, 1928. The Medical Officer has submitted
the following report, which embodies all the points alluded to in the letter from the County Council.
The following is the staff concerned with the work of Tuberculosis in the Borough:-
Name
Qualifications
and
Degrees
Remuneration
per
Annum
Duties
Date
of
Appointment
Richard King Brown
M.D., D.P.H.
£ s.
Administrative and
Supervisory
1911
1st April, 1921
M.B., B.S., M.R.C.S.,
L.R.C.P., D.P.H.
900 0
Donald M. Connan
supervisory
Clinical
17th May, 1927
Clinical
Charles H. C. Toussaint
600 0
M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P
1st April, 1921
Olive Pike
287 10
Fully Trained Nurse
Lady Almoner
Celia Clapson
212 10
Visiting and assisting
at Dispensary and
Open-air School
Ditto
7th December, 1926
Ada Wexler
200 0
Ditto
Ditto
6th December, 1927
Lucy Brown
Ditto
200 0
21st February, 1928
Ditto
May Wells
Ditto
237 10
Solarium Nurse
7th October, 1924
16th November, 1926
Gladys Pearce
Ditto
212 10
Ditto
Apothecaries' Hall Dispenpensing
Qualification
Rose Dutch
235 0
1st April, 1921
Clerk and Dispenser
Clerk
*Frederick W. Smith
-
-
20th January, 1920
Caretaker
-
182 0
(fire, lodging, and light)
7th March, 1922
Various; Weighing
patients, etc.
*Mr. F. W. Smith is a Clerk in the Public Health Department, who devotes about six hours weekly to the Tuberculosis Dispensary.

The following is the staff concerned with the work of Tuberculosis in the Borough:-

NameQualifications and DegreesRemuneration per AnnumDutiesDate of Appointment
Richard King BrownM.D., D.P.H.£ s.Administrative and Supervisory1911
Donald M. ConnanM.B., B.S., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.P.H.900 0supervisory Clinical1st April, 1921
Charles H. C. ToussaintM.R.C.S., L.R.C.P600 0Clinical17th May, 1927
Olive PikeFully Trained Nurse287 10Lady Almoner1st April, 1921
Celia ClapsonDitto212 10Visiting and assisting at Dispensary and Open-air School7th December, 1926
Ada WexlerDitto200 0Ditto6th December, 1927
Lucy BrownDitto200 0Ditto21st February, 1928
May WellsDitto237 10Solarium Nurse7th October, 1924
Gladys PearceDitto212 10Ditto16th November, 1926
Rose DutchApothecaries' Hall Dispenpensing Qualification235 0Clerk and Dispenser1st April, 1921
*Frederick W. SmithClerk20th January, 1920
Caretaker182 0 (fire, lodging, and light)Various; Weighing patients, etc.7th March, 1922