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(4) Tuberculosis Dispensaries should be provided by
the Metropolitan Borough Councils in so far as
London is concerned. (Paragraph 34.)
(5) With a view to encouraging the early provision and
equipment of Tuberculosis Dispensaries, capital
grants should be made up to four fifths of the
amount required, provided that this sum should
generally not exceed £1 per 750 population area,
or an average of £240 per dispensary, and that
for the provision of the additional sanatorium beds
for adults required at the outset, capital grants
should be made up to three-fifths of the cost per
bed, provided that the total amount does not exceed
an average of £90 per bed. (Paragraph 41.)
(6) Special regard should be given for securing the
co-operation of medical practitioners in working
the scheme, particularly in relation to the early
detection of the disease and its domiciliary (home)
and dispensary (institutional) treatment. (Paragraph
42.)
Arrangements have been satisfactorily and advantageously
completed with St. Thomas' Hospital (Out-Patients' Department)
for the establishment and maintenance there by
the Hospital Authorities of a Branch Dispensary at the
expense of the Hospital Governors, whilst the Central
Dispensary is to be established and maintained by the
Borough Council out of the Rates, at 73 Effra Road,
Brixton, S.W., the premises being taken on Xovember
21st, 1912, for a period of 5 years from December Quarter
at a rent of £45 per annum, to be structurally altered and
equipped for the purpose.
In this way, the Borough will be provided with two
properly-equiped and officered Dispensaries (both for
diagnosis and treatment), the Tuberculosis officers being