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The Dispensary Committee agree to afford, at the discretion
of the Medical Officer of the Dispensary, facilities for medical
students from the London Hospital (and especially post-graduate
men) to visit the Dispensary for the purpose of enlarging their
knowledge of tubercular diseases, and of becoming acquainted
with the equipment and organisation of a tuberculosis dispensary.
The agreement may be determined by six calendar months'
notice.
The Insurance Committee for the County of London are prepared,
subject to the consent of the Insurance Commissioners, to enter into an
agreement with the Council to provide treatment for the period to
31st December, 1914, at the Dispensary, for persons recommended by
the Committee for sanatorium benefit, and in consideration thereof to
contribute towards the cost of maintenance of the Dispensary, subject
to certain conditions, such a sum as is represented by the proportion
which the number of attendances made by insured persons bears to the
total number of attendances made at the Dispensary, together with an
agreed sum in respect of other services rendered to the Committee not
specifically referred to in the conditions.
It is anticipated experience during the limited period contemplated
may enable an arrangement to be made for a fixed sum over a period
of years in accordance with the suggestions of the Local Government
Board.
The General Purposes Committee recommended the Council that
the draft scheme for dispensary treatment of tuberculosis in the Borough
be approved, and that the Seal of the Council be affixed to the necessary
agreements to give effect thereto.
The Dispensary has now been in full working order for nearly two
years, and Dr. Cullen, the Tuberculosis Officer, reported that 64 consumptive
patients during the year 1914 had been brought back to working
capacity as the result of treatment at the Dispensary; 21 of these patients
were under tuberculin injections. No deaths under tuberculin treatment
occurred. In all probability, but for the Dispensary, many of these
patients would have been dead, and their dependents on the rates.
Number of Notifications (actual cases) received from the Borough of
Poplar Dispensary for the Prevention of Consumption during the period
from 4th January, 1914, to 2nd January, 1915 :—