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Poplar 1912

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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of the Borough of Poplar Dispensary for the Prevention of
Consumption, and I am to request that the Board may be furnished
with the observations of the Council upon the subject of this
communication.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
(Signed) J. S. Davy,
Assistant Secretary.
To the Town Clerk,
Poplar.
[Copy.]
The Borough of Poplar Dispensary,
Alexandra House,
135, Bow Road, E.
7th June, 1912.
Sir,
Parliamentary Grant for Sanatorium Purposes, Finance
Act, 1911, and National Insurance Act, 1911.
Interim Report of the Departmental Committee on Tuberculosis.
With regard to Section 26 (page 17) of the Interim Report of
the Departmental Committee on Tuberculosis referring to the
" Position of existing voluntary institutions," and requiring that,
so far as possible, existing voluntary institutions, such as sanatoria,
etc., should be utilised, provided that they fulfil the following
conditions :—
(1) That they be approved as suitable by the Local
Government Board;
(2) That they fall into the general scheme for the prevention
and treatment of Tuberculosis ; and
(3) That they be subject to inspection by the Local
Government Board whenever considered necessary ;
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