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JOINT DISPENSARY COMMITTEE.
The Joint Dispensary Committee (which was set
up under the agreement between the Borough Council
and the Governors of the City of London Hospital for
Diseases of the Heart and Lungs, and consists of four
representatives of the Hospital Governors, three representatives
of Bethnal Green and three of Hackney),
has met regularly during the year.
DENTAL TREATMENT FOR TUBERCULOSIS
PATIENTS.
During 1927, 9 dispensary patients received dental
treatment at the City of London Hospital for Diseases
of the Heart and Lungs, and made 15 attendances
therefor.
FINSEN LIGHT TREATMENT FOR LUPUS.
PNEUMOTHORAX REFILLS.
Since 1921, the Council has paid for the Finsen
Light treatment of cases of Lupus at the London
Hospital. During the year 2 patients were so treated,
making 22 attendances for treatment.
The Council's arrangements for the provision of
pneumothorax refills at the Brompton Hospital were
not used during the year, but 4 patients received this
form of treatment at the City of London Hospital,
having 33 refills between them.
ARTIFICIAL LIGHT TREATMENT.
During the year arrrangements were made, with
the approval of the Ministry of Health and the London
County Council, for the provision of Artificial Light
Treatment for Tuberculosis patients, chiefly nonpulmonary
cases, at the City of London Hospital for
Diseases of the Heart and Lungs, from the 1st April.
Up to the end of the year, 4 patients had received
98 treatments under these arrangements.