View report page

25
DISPENSARY TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS.
For administrative purposes the Borough is divided into two dispensary areas, the line of
division passing down Inverness Terrace, Porchester Road, Ranelagh Road, Formosa Street
to its junction with Shirland Road, and Shirland Road to its junction with Kilburn Park Road.
The portion of the Borough to the east of this line is served by the St. Mary's Hospital
Dispensary, and the portion to the west of the line by the Paddington Tuberculosis
Dispensary.
Paddington Tuberculosis Dispensary, 20, Talbot Road.
This is a voluntary agency supported by voluntary subscriptions and a grant from the
Paddington Borough Council usually amounting to £1,288. During 1927, however, a supplemental
grant of £300 was made by the Council. A full account of the Dispensary and its
activities will be found in the annual reports for 1924 and 1925.
In 1926, the Dispensary extended its scope by appointing an assistant for bacteriological
purposes to work under the supervision of the Tuberculosis Officer. By this means the Dispensary
was able to carry out the examination of all sputums from its patients as well as
sputums from private medical practitioners sent for examination and report at the cost of the
Borough Council. During the 1927, 468 specimens of sputum were examined and reported upon.
Artificial sunlight treatment of patients was carried on during the year but such treatment
is not recognised as part of the approved scheme by the Ministry of Health and the London
County Council. During the year 6 adults and 30 children received altogether 920 exposures.
In view of the small number of cases receiving treatment no opinion can be expressed yet as
to its value.