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TUBERCULOSIS.
Report of Dr. VV. 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.—1, Wellington Road, Bow.
The new premises have now been in use for a full year and have
fulfilled expectations in all important respects. The comparative
quietude of the house and surroundings is specially appreciated after
the turmoil of the main road.
(b) The question of a branch dispensary in High Street, Poplar,
to meet the requirements of the southern part of the borough, is still
in abeyanoe, and in the meantime the fares of patients living south of
the East India Dock Road who attend at Wellington Road continue,
in suitable cases, to be refunded to them.
(2) Staff.
Tuberculosis Officer : W. C. P. Smith.
Assistant Tuberculosis Officer : C. K. Cullen—from 13/5/24—
vice D. H. Geflen.
3 Health Visitors.
1 Dispenser.
1 Care Secretary—from 1/3/24.
1 Clerk.
1 Assistant Clerk.
1 Part-time helper.
1 Caretaker.
(3) Residential Institutions :—
(a) Sanatoria—hospitals and homes available under the
L.C.C. scheme (which now includes all classes of patients,
whether insured, uninsured, or ex-Service men).
(b) The Poor Law Infirmary.