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APPENDIX II.
TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY.
REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1935.
By H. Tylford Howell, M.R.C.S., Eng., L.R.C.P., Lond.,
Clinical Tuberculosis Officer.
In the presentation of the report it will be necessary in the first
place to recapitulate briefly details of routine given in previous
reports.
There has been no change in the personnel of the department
during the year. The sessions have remained unaltered, patients
attending on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday
mornings from 10 to 12 o'clock ; Wednesday evenings from
5.30 to 7; and Thursday evenings from 7.30 to 9 o'clock.
Saturday mornings are reserved as far as possible for school
children, and the evening sessions for those patients who are at
work during the day.
Patients may attend during any part of the session, and are seen
strictly in order of their arrival at the Hospital, irrespective of
whether they are old or new cases. Such an arrangement reduces
the period of waiting to a minimum.
The accommodation of the department is in every way satisfactory
; the consulting rooms large and airy, with two dressingrooms
attached to each.
Although the Tuberculosis Dispensary is a distinct department,
we work in very close association with the Hospital. As the
advantages of such an arrangement are not always fully appreciated,
I think it might serve a useful purpose if I briefly mention
a few.
1. The exceptional facilities for personal interviews with the
various consultants on difficult cases and the opportunities
for keeping in touch with the latest methods of diagnosis
and treatment.
2. Provision for reference of cases for an opinion or treatment
to the special departments—the Surgeon, Laryngologist,
Pathologist and Dentist being frequently consulted.
3. X-ray facilities are always available, thus enabling us in
the majority of cases to arrive at an immediate diagnosis.
4. Instant admission to Hospital of urgent cases, and the
opportunity of following up these cases in the wards.