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(6) That it be suggested to the local sanitary authorities
that they should make arrangements to pay for patients
residing in the districts under their respective jurisdiction,
attending dispensaries attached to hospitals in any part of the
Administrative County of London.
(c) That, in the opinion of the Council, it is essential that
in connection with the treatment of tuberculosis in London:—
(i) All possible use should be made of existing
institutions; and
(ii) Approval should not be given to any scheme
which fails to provide for each dispensary being linked
up with a hospital to which special cases shall be referred
for consultation or treatment, residential or otherwise;
and that the Local Government Board be so informed.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
Lawrence Gomme,
Clerk of the Council.
The Town Clerk,
Metropolitan Borough of Poplar.
On the 19th December a circular letter was issued by the Local
Government Board, addressed to Metropolitan Borough Councils, with
regard to the arrangements to be made for the institutional treatment
of Tuberculosis in London.
The circular letter stated that the Board had invited Metropolitan
Borough Councils to provide or arrange for the provision of dispensaries
for the treatment of Tuberculosis in their Boroughs, and also that voluntary
institutions should be recognised as forming part of the Tuberculosis
Scheme for London, to work in close co-operation with the local authority.
The communication also stated that any local institution carrying out
dispensary treatment should refer specially difficult cases, for consultative
purposes to appointed hospitals, and 12 hospitals with medical
schools, including the London Hospital, are mentioned.
The Scheme for the provision of dispensaries in London includes the
treatment at a voluntary or Borough Council dispensary, of any person
suffering or suspected to be suffering from Tuberculosis, provided that