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The Board have at the same time informed the authorities
of the Dispensary that, as it is contemplated that in London
arrangements for the provision of dispensaries will ordinarily be
made by the Metropolitan Borough Councils, they should, if they
desire the period of approval extended, communicate with the
Council of the Borough on the subject.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
F. Willis,
Assistant Secretary.
The Town Clerk,
Poplar.
It was seen by the letter of the Local Government Board to the
Dispensary dated loth August, that the Board had approved of the
Dispensary under Section 16 (1) (a) of the National Insurance Act, 1911,
for a period of six months, which period might be extended.
Under these circumstances the Committee were of opinion that, for
the present, there was no necessity for the Council to take any action
for the provision of a Dispensary in view of the fact that the work of the
Executive Committee of the Institution in the Bow Road apparently
complied with the requirements set out in the "Interim Report of the
Departmental Committee on Tuberculosis," and recommended the
Council to concur in the opinion of the Committee as stated, and the
Local Government Board be so informed.
The Public Health and Housing Committee from time to time were
informed by the Medical Officer of Health of the progress of the Dispensary
situate at 135, Bow Road, and on more than one occasion had visited the
Institution, inspected the building, and been made acquainted with the
inside and outside administrative arrangements. The Dispensary, as
carried on at the present time, appears to comply with the requirements
of the " Interim Report of the Departmental Committee on Tuberculosis,"
appointed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The twenty years' lease
of the Bow Road premises was purchased by the Executive Committee
of the Institution, and a sum of money sufficient to pay the ground rent
during the period of the lease, and which sum will likewise cover any
expenses at the end of the lease, has also been invested in the names of
two trustees. The Executive Committee consists as follows :—