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Hampstead 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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patients indicated in Circular 257 of the Ministry of Health. During
the year, 19 patients received help under the scheme.
Patients in receipt of Public Assistance are provided with
additional nourishment on the recommendation of the Clinical Tuberculosis
Officer.
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, 10 a.m.
Wednesdays, 2.30 p.m.
Thursdays, 6 p.m.
During the year, 194 sessions were held, and 213 new cases (of
which 52 were contacts) were examined. Altogether, 361 patients
attended the Dispensary in 1936, and the total number of attendances
of all kinds numbered 1,236, an average of 5.9 per session, at which
835 systematic physical examinations were made. The attendances
were 300 more than last year.