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It appears, therefore, that the scheme for Dispensary Treatment of
Tuberculosis cases in the Borough of Poplar is being fully carried out
on approved lines, with the exception that the Dispensary is not affiliated
to a general or consumption hospital to which specially difficult cases
can be referred for diagnosis or treatment. Under the present administration
there is no doubt that if any such cases are discovered, they will,
if necessary, be referred to a general hospital, but the Principal Medical
Officer is quite competent to undertake the diagnosis and treatment
thereof, more especially as the Dispensary is fitted with an X-ray apparatus,
and is equipped with all the latest up-to-date means of diagnosing
Tuberculosis both clinically and bacteriologically. The records of the
cases treated at the Dispensary are all up-to-date and the particulars
there of fully entered.
The Council is under an obligation to provide for the Borough,
Dispensary treatment for Tuberculosis, and this may be accomplished
by:-
1. Provision of a Dispensary by the Council.
2. Arrangement with one of the London Hospitals.
3. Arrangement with Stepney for a joint Dispensary.
4. Agreement with the Borough of Poplar Dispensary for the
Prevention of Consumption, Bow Road.
The Bow Road Tuberculosis Dispensary has been recognised by the
Borough Council and approved by the Local Government Board. The
Council is represented on the management Committee of the Dispensary
by two elected representatives, and the Medical Officer of Health,
ex officio. The Dispensary is fully staffed and equipped with all necessary
modern appliances.
The Public Health and Housing Committee were of opinion
that the most advantageous course, in the interests of the Borough,
would be for the Council to enter into an agreement with the
Committee of the Bow Road Dispensary, and it is only by such agreement
that the Government grant and London County Council and Insurance
Committee's contributions, to the cost of maintenance of the Dispensary,
can be made available for the existing Dispensary, thus enabling the
Dispensary Committee to continue and extend its activities in connection
with provision of milk and other necessaries in suitable cases, open-air
treatment in the country, loans of beds and bedding, etc., and other
facilities for treatment of consumptive cases which would probably
not be a legal charge on a rate established institution.