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(c) A few In-patient letters for Victoria Park or other
hospitals when obtainable.
(ii.) In the case of administrative counties, precise particulars of
arrangements for co-operation with Sanitary Authorities and their
officers.
The L.C.C. is the Administrative authority.
(iii.) The nature and extent of co-operation with general and special
hospitals, school clinics, and other institutions.
General Hospitals.—Under an agreement between the Council and
the London Hospital, cases of surgical tuberculosis and certain other
cases are referred to this hospital for opinion or treatment.
Also under the L.C.C. scheme, the dispensary is "linked" to the
London Hospital for purposes of consultation in special cases.
Cases of lupus are, on the recommendation of the Tuberculosis
Officer, given Finsen Light treatment at the London Hospital, the cost
being defrayed by the Borough Council. A charge of 5s. per application
of the treatment is made, and if more than twelve applications are
required in any case a further authorisation from the Tuberculosis
Officer is necessary. During the year nine new cases were sent for
treatment, while eight old cases were carried over from the previous
year. These seventeen cases received a total of 440 applications.
Special Hospitals.—By arrangement with the Management Committee
of St. Andrew's Hospital the Tuberculosis Officer has been
appointed visiting physician to the tuberculosis wards of the hospital—
with a view to co-ordinating the tuberculosis work of the Poor Law
Authority with that of the Council.
Cases in which an artificial pneumothorax has been induced attend
at Brompton Hospital for refills. A charge of 10s. per refill is made to
the Council.
Cases of pulmonary disease considered to be not tuberculous are
generally referred by card or out-patient letter to Victoria Park Hospital,
or, in the case of children, to the East London Hospital, Shadwell,
or to the Queen's Hospital, Hackney Road.
School Clinics.—Co-operation with the school medical service has
been continued on the same lines as in 1923. In the three categories.
viz.: (1) " unsatisfactory children," (2) " apparently healthy contacts,"