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Conference on Tuberculosis.
A Conference of Metropolitan City and Borough Councils
was held at Caxton Hall on May 25th, 1910, on the subject
of Tuberculosis, aind was attended by two delegates (and
the Medical Officer of Health) from the Lambeth Council.
The following resolutions were passed:—
1. That this Conference is of opinion that the provision
of Sanatoria for the educational and curative
treatment of cases of tuberculosis is advisable.
2. (a) That in the opinion of this Conference it is
desirable that a Sanatorium should be established for
the accommodation of persons of the working classes
of the Metropolis suffering from Tuberculosis, and that
such Institution should be maintained by a charge upon
the several Metropolitan Boroughs in accordance with
their respective rateable values.
(b) That in the opinion of this Conference the proposed
Sanatorium should be under the direct control
of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, and that such
Authority be asked to seek the necessary Parliamentary
powers for that purpose (if necessary).
(c) That copies of the above resolutions be forwarded
to the Metropolitan Asylums Board, and to the Local
Government Board.
3. That pending the provision of a Sanatorium for
the working classes, it is desirable that each Municipal
Authority should secure beds in some exising Sanatorium
according to the provisions of Section 75 of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
4. That in the opinion of this Conference the establishment
of Tuberculosis Dispensaries in each of the
Metropolitan Boroughs would be a desirable adjunct
to the prevention and treatment of Tuberculosis.