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from the Hospital, or (b) the Tuberculin Dispensary,
situated at 263 Kennington Road, such premises, if
used at all, to be used as branches (but only as
branches) of the main Central Municipal Tuberculosis
Dispensary and the Lambeth Borough Tuberculosis
Scheme, and to be under the administrative control of
the Council.
8. The main Central Dispensary building to consist
of (1) two consulting-rooms, (2) two dressing-rooms,
(3) one waiting-room, (4) dispensing or medicine room,
and (5) caretaker's rooms.
9. The Dispensary Staff to consist of—
(a) A whole-time Chief Executive Officer (administrative);
N.B.—It is proposed to appoint the Medical
Officer of Health of the Borough to the position
of Chief Executive Administrative Officer, and to
make him responsible to the Borough Council for
the general administration and local execution
of the Borough Tuberculosis Dispensary Scheme,
with administrative control of the Central Dispensary
and the Branch Dispensaries (if any);
(b) A whole-time Tuberculosis Officer (clinical);
N.B.—It is proposed that the Tuberculosis
Officer (clinical) shall be attached to the Medical
(Public Health) Department of the Council, shall
act under the administrative control of the
Medical Officer of Health (except as regards
clinical work), shall receive a commencing
salary of 300 per annum, and that his duties
shall be such as appertain to such an officer, viz.,
(1) acting as consulting and diagnosing officer
for the Dispensary and the Borough, assisting
medical practitioners practising within the Borough
in diagnosis and methods of treatment, if
and when required; (2) treating cases, if necessary,
and as required, at the Dispensary, especially
those needing skill and experience (e.g.,
tuberculin injections; (3) visiting infected houses,
with a view to discovering (a) unsuspected
cases of the disease, e.g., "contacts,"