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(2) The distances which some patients have to
travel from their homes to a centre outside
the Borough.
(3) The inevitable delay which must ensue between
the making of the appointment and the
reception of the report, which may occasionally
be as long as a fortnight. This
may appear a long time, but it is only owing
to the courtesy of the Brompton Hospital
Authorities that it is no longer.
Till an X-ray plant is provided in the Borough
these objections cannot be overcome.
London County Council Scheme for boarding-out
Child Contacts.—Full details of this scheme were given
in last year's report. The aim of the project is one
which must meet with hearty approval from all those
engaged in anti-tuberculosis work, but the unfortunate
fact remains that in practice it is so beset with diffculties,
that its application has been very limited.
During 1926 only six cases were dealt with, and it
would appear that in future this number is not likely
to be very greatly exceeded.
Co-ordination between Panel Doctors and Tuberculosis
Officers.—Collaboration between panel practitioners
and tuberculosis officers is essential to ensure
continuity of treatment, and to facilitate early diagnosis.
The system approved by the Ministry of
Health has already been described in a previous report,
together with the modus operandi adopted in this
Borough. During the year all of the prescribed forms
received from panel doctors have been answered by a
personal letter from the tuberculosis officers, which
has been found preferable to the use of the more
stereotyped method of replying on the printed forms
originally suggested by the Ministry, the use of which
is optional. There can be no doubt as regards the
satisfactory position that the Dispensary holds as a
consulting centre in the Borough, when one considers
that no fewer than 248 of the new patients attended