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purpose of an improvement of the area, the dispensary was transferred
to temporary premises in Monck Street at the end of the year.
There are also special tuberculosis departments for out-patients at
St. George's and Charing Cross hospitals. Patients suffering, from
tuberculosis are, in special instances, retained as in-patients in these
hospitals until arrangements can be made for their removal to tuberculosis
institutions of the Metropolitan Asylums Board.
Treatment Centres for Venereal Diseases.— These are not within the
province of the City Council. They are conducted at the three general
hospitals, St. John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin and at the London
Lock Hospital, 91, Dean Street. These voluntary bodies receive substantial
financial grants from the Ministry of Health through the London
County Council, which exercises a certain degree of administrative control
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over the clinics.
The following are the Public Health Officers of the City Council.
Those whose services are part time are signified thus: * Those whose
salaries are the subject of contribution under the Public Health Acts
or Exchequer grants are indicated thus : †—
STAFF OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Medical Officer of Health and Administrative Tuberculosis Officer :
†Andrew J. Shinnie M.D., D.P.H., &c.
Assistant Medical Officers :
†Ian S. Thomson M.A., M.D., D.P.H.
(Tuberculosis Officer and Asst.
Medical Officer of Health.)
†ethel M. Vernon M.D., B.S.
(Maternity and Child Welfare.)
†*Thomas M. Ling M.A., M.B., B.Ch., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P,
(Maternity and Child Welfare)
Obstetric Consultant:
*Aubrey Goodwin O.B.E., M.D., F.R.C.S.
Bacteriologist:
*J. A. Braxton Hicks M.D., M.R.C.P., D.P.H.
Dental Clinic:
†*W. H. Turner L.D.S., R.C.S., Eng.
†*T. Graham Scott (Anæsthetist) M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.
Public Analysts:
*Cecil H. Cribb B.Sc., F.I.C.
*P. A. Ellis Richards F.I.C.
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