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prevent its ravages, and the Borough Council is to be
congratulated upon having adopted during 1912, the
Lambeth Municipal Tuberculosis Dispensaries Scheme,
including the establishment, for the present, of two
tuberculosis Dispensaries: a central one at 73 Effra Road,
Brixton, S.W., and a branch one at St. Thomas' Hospital
(Out-Patient Department), each under the medical control
of a whole-time fully-qualified tuberculosis officer with the
Medical Officer of Health as the Chief (Administrative)
Tuberculosis Officer, thereby ensuring an intimate relationship
between the Tuberculosis Dispensaries and the general
Public Health Administration of the Borough.
During 1912, the Council decided to make Whooping
Cough compulsorily notifiable throughout the Borough of
Lambeth for a trial period of 5 years from January 1st,
1913.
To the Chief Officers of the Council, and to the Public
Health Staff, my thanks are again due, as also to the
Members of the Council, for assisting me in carrying out
my important duties as Medical Officer of Health for the
Borough of Lambeth.
I am, Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
Joseph Priestly
Medical Officer of Health.