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the Committee, and the patients are assessed to pay according to their
means. The subsequent collection of these voluntary payments is the
duty of the Care Committee's Secretary.
The Committee, through its Secretary, Miss Talbot Kelly, keeps
in touch with the patient's family while he is in sanatorium and is
frequently able to render practical help. When a patient is discharged
from sanatorium his condition and prospects receive the consideration
of the Committee, which renders any assistance that is within
its powers.
During the year under review the Committee dealt with 213 cases.
The Municipal Tuberculosis Dispensary.
The Dispensary is housed in, and forms part of, the King Edward
VII Memorial (Hampstead Health Institute), situated at the junction
of Kingsgate and Dynham Roads.
The Dispensary is open at the following times:—
Tuesdays, 2 p.m.
Wednesdays, 5 p.m.
Fridays, 4.30 and 8 p.m.
During the year 200 sessions were held, and 215 new cases (of
which 89 were contacts) were examined. The total attendances of all
kinds numbered 1,029; an average of 5.2 per session.
The Borough is particularly fortunate in having the services of
A. J. Scott-Pinchin, M.D.(Lond.), F.R.C.P.(Lond.), as Tuberculosis
Medical Officer and Assistant Medical Officer of Health for Tuberculosis
Work, and whose report for the year 1932, I append herewith.