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To perform such duties in his area as are referred to in
Article 2 of the Public Health (Medical Benefit) Amendment
Regulations.
To undertake the work of examining Battersea tubercular
ex-service men in accordance with the requirements of the Ministry
of Pensions.
To give any requisite medical assistance in connection with the
dental treatment of tubercular (Battersea) patients.
To carry out any other duties in connection with the general
scheme of Tuberculosis for the Borough as requested by the Medical
Officer of Health, with the approval of the Public Health (Tuberculosis)
Committee.
The following are particulars relating to Dr. George Macdonald,
appointed Tuberculosis Officer to the Battersea Tuberculosis Dispensary by
the Council on 20th July, 1921:—
Age, 35. Married.
Qualifications : M.A. ; M.B. ; Ch.B.Edinburgh.
Past Appointments: Junior House Surgeon, Scarborough Hospital;
Senior House Surgeon, Scarborough Hospital, and House
Physician.
Tuberculosis: Special Post-Graduate Tuberculosis Class, Edinburgh;
Clinical Assistant, Royal Victoria Hospital for
Consumption, Edinburgh.
Assistant Tuberculosis Officer, Paddington Dispensary.
Junior Physician, Royal Victoria Hospital Dispensary for Consumption,
Edinburgh.
Assistant Tuberculosis Officer, City of Edinburgh.
Acting Tuberculosis Officer, Kensington Dispensary.
District Tuberculosis Officer, West Riding of Yorkshire.
Medical Officer, Battersea Dispensary for the Prevention of
Tuberculosis.
Dr. Macdonald has been Tuberculosis Officer for the Battersea Voluntary
Dispensary from October, 1919, up to the time of the transfer of the
Dispensary to the Borough Council. His salary, with emoluments, was then
about £750 per annum. His present salary, on appointment as an Officer
of the Council (inclusive of emoluments), is j£800 per annum.
At the request of the London County Council, the arrangement by which
Dr. Macdonald has acted as Medical Officer to the Springwell House Open
Air (Tuberculosis) School for the past two years has been provisionally
sanctioned by the Borough Council.
The London County Council pay to the Borough Council £50 per annum
in respect of this Officer's services. It appears to me to be doubtful that
the needs of the Dispensary will permit of this arrangement being other than
a temporary one, as the duties take up the time of the Tuberculosis Officer
one morning of the week from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., thereby encroaching to
a considerable extent upon his duties at the Dispensary.
Tuberculosis Nurses (3):—
(i.) Miss Hilda Schotburgh. Age, 33. Appointed 16th June, 1919.
Qualifications:
Trained at Mount Vernon Hospital 3J years; Royal
West Kent General Hospital 3$ years.
Health Visitor, Royal Sanitary Institute.
Past Appointments:
Sister, Downs Sanatorium, 6 months.
Territorial Nursing Service, R.A.M.C., 6 months.
Tuberculosis Nurse, Battersea Voluntary Dispensary,
2 years.