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TUBERCULOSIS.
Report of Dr. W. C. P. Smith, Tuberculosis Officer and
Assistant Medical Officer of Health for Tuberculosis Purposes.
Information required by Ministry of Health.
(i.) A list of dispensaries, specifying also branch dispensaries and
visiting stations; a list of the Tuberculosis Officers employed; a statement
of the numbers of other officers employed in dispensary work; a
list of residential institutions, specifying for each the number of beds
normally available for patients from the area of the Local Authority,
and the type of case for which these beds are used. In the case of
residential institutions belonging to the Local Authority, the names of
Medical Officers and the number of other officers should be given.
(1) (a) Tuberculosis Dispensary.—Alexandra House, 135, Bow
Road, E.
These premises were vacated during the latter part of December,
and a move was made to 1, Wellington Road. The new premises are
in every way an improvement on the old. Careful planning of the
necessary alterations has resulted in an arrangement of the various
rooms, which promises to facilitate the work and to prove more convenient
and comfortable both for the patients and the staff.
(b) Proposed Branch Dispensary.—No further action has been
taken with regard to the proposed branch dispensary at 134, High Street,
Poplar. In the meantime the fares to and from the Bow Road
Dispensary are refunded to necessitous patients living south of the
East India Dock Road.
Tuberculosis Officer: W. C. P. Smith.
Assistant Tuberculosis Officer: D. H. Geffen.
Other Officers:—
.'1 Health Visitors.
1 Dispenser.
1 Clerk
I Assistant Clerk.
1 Part-time helper (female").
1 Caretaker.
The approval of the Minister of Health of the proposed appointment
of a paid officer, to act as Secretary to the Care Committee, and
Organiser of care work generally, has been received. Owing to the lack
of accommodation at 135, Bow Road, it was decided to leave this matter