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4. The Board shall arrange for the appointment to
the Rheumatism Department of the h'ospital of a medical
practitioner with expert knowledge of chronic rheumatism
who shall be known as the Hammersmith Clinical
Assistant and such medical practitioner shall give prior
attention to patients from the Authority's district who
shall be sent to the hospital for treatment.
5. The Board shall at any time on the request of the
Authority furnish to the Medical Officer of Health to
the Authority a report on any patient who shall be sent
to the hospital for treatment as aforesaid and shall in the
month of January in every year send to the Authority a
statement showing the number of patients from the
Authority's district received into the hospital and the
number of out-patients receiving treatment during the
year ending on the preceding thirty-first day of December
and the number of days during which each patient
remained under treatment."
The Clinic is under the direction of Dr. W. Copeman,
and up to the end of the year the following cases were
dealt with:—
In-patients Nil.
Out-patients 15 patients made 68 attendances.
TREATMENT CENTRE FOR VENEREAL
DISEASES.
West London Hospital, Hammersmith Boad.
The above centre is provided under the scheme of the
London County Council. This centre is open night and
day.