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Provision of Extra Nourishment.
The Council has voted the sum of £30 for the purpose of providing
extra nourishment (milk, eggs and butter) to the classes of
patients indicated in Circular 257 of the Ministry of Health. During
the year 17 patients received help under this scheme.
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, 4 p.m.
Fridays, 4.30 and 8 p.m.
During the year, 199 sessions were held, and 230 new cases (of
which 71 were contacts) were examined. The total attendances of all
kinds numbered 1,140, an average of 5 7 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 Tuber—
culosis Work, and whose report for the year 1934 I append herewith.
Municipal Tuberculosis Dispensary,
75, Dynham Road,
Kilburn, N.W.6.
February, 1935.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit a report on the working of the
Borough Tuberculosis Dispensary for the year 1934.
374 patients attended the Dispensary during the year, and the
total number of attendances was 1,140, at which 670 systematic
physical examinations were made. The attendances were 63 less
than last year.
New applicants attending numbered 230 (30 less than the
previous year), and these have been classified as shown in Sections A
and B of the following table :—