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necessitous tuberculous patients at an estimated cost
of £250. Now that the detailed restriction of the
Ministry of Health has been removed by the Local
Government Act, slightly more has been spent on this
very necessary adjunct to medical treatment.
TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY.
A full report on the work of the Dispensary, by
Dr. H. T. Howell, the Clinical Tuberculosis Officer,
together with a copy of the Annual Return to the
Ministry of Health appears in the appendix to this
report on pages 117 and 125.
I should like to draw attention to Dr. Howell's
very thoughtful remarks concerning the importance
and difficulties of X-ray assistance in the diagnosis
of Tuberculosis and also with regard to the diagnosis
and treatment of children suffering or suspected to be
suffering from Tuberculosis.
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 1933, 3 dispensary patients received dental
treatment at the City of London Hospital for Diseases
of the Heart and Lungs, and made 4 attendances
therefor. Two patients were also assisted in the
provision of artificial dentures,