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remaining two-thirds (estimated) of the population: otherwise,
it would be a reflection upon the Borough Council's
administration.
It may be added that the Central Fund for the Promotion
of the Dispensary Scheme for the Prevention of Consumption
in London gives subsidies or grants* to Local Authorities
connected with the establishment and maintenance of
tuberculosis dispensaries provided such dispensaries are
managed on voluntary lines so as to foster local effort and
not to add to the demands made on the ratepayers. It may
be that voluntary contributions will cease, or tend to become
diminished, in amount, when the Insurance Act gets into
working order.
The Charity Organisation Society also is doing good
work amongst the adult poor by providing, voluntarily,
sanatorium treatment, making, at the same time, provision
for the families of the workers whilst away and arranging
for patients' "after-care" on their return.
The Estimates approved on October 3rd, 1912, by the
Council for the Borough Municipal Tuberculosis Dispensary
(the Central Dispensary) were:—
(a) For Establishment!, ;£200—£100 for alterations,
furniture and fittings, and £100 for apparatus
and appliances.
(b) For annual maintenance, £671.
*Subsidies or grants already paid vary from £260 for Marylebone (a
rich district) to ^1000 to Stepney la poor district).
†The Departmental Advisory Committee recommend ihe making of
capital grants by the Local Government Board up to four-filths of the
amount required with a view to encouraging the early provision and
equipment of tuberculosis dispensaries, and this recommendation has
been accepted by the Local Government Board, subject to the consent of
the Treasury.