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whole-time officers appointed by the Council (for the Central
Dispensary) and by the St. Thomas' Hospital Governors
(for the Branch Dispensary) respectively.* The Medical
Officer of Health of the Borough is the Chief Executive
Tuberculosis Officer responsible to the Borough Council
for the general administration and local execution of the
Scheme, with executive control over the Dispensaries and
both Tuberculosis Officers act under his supervision, except
in so far as clinical duties are concerned.
N.B.—The Branch Dispensary is primarily intended for
the treatment, on application, of all persons suffering from
tuberculosis, or suspected tuberculosis, and living within
the Inner Wards, or northern, half of the Borough, viz.:
Marsh, Bishop's, Prince's and Vauxhall Wards; but is
available also for all other persons suffering from tuberculosis,
or suspected tuberculosis, and living within the Outer
Wards, or southern half of the Borough, viz.: Stockwell,
Brixton, Heme Hill, Tulse Hill, and Norwood Wards, on
application by the Borough Council, through the Medical
Officer of Health.
The arrangement come to with the St. Thomas' Hospital
Authorities for a Branch Dispensary in connection with the
Out-Patient Department should prove of value to the inhabitants
of the Borough, who will not only have the advantage
of the professional skill and advice of the medical
and surgical staffs (in consultation and otherwise), but also
the use of the most modern and up-to-date chemical,
pathological and bacteriological laboratories connected with
the Hospital. Further, certain beds will also be reserved
and be available at the Hospital for the purpose of observa-
* Dr. Nicol Galbraith. m.b , b.c.h., d.p.h., has been appointed by the
Council and is attached to the Public Health Department with charge
of the Central Dispensary, and Dr. Rodolph Charles Wingfteld, b.a.,
m.b., b.ch. (oxon.) m.r.c.s., l r.c.p., by the St. Thomas's Hospital
Governors, and is attached to the Medical Staff of the Hospital.