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Town's Meeting by the Mayor, for the purpose of
considering the establishment and maintenance of
Tuberculosis Dispensaries for the Borough of Lambeth.
Joseph Priestley.
January 22nd, 1912.
Sanatorium and Hospital Accommodation for
Consumption.
No arrangements have yet been made by the Borough
Council within the Borough for any sanatorium or hospital
accommodation in connection with early, intermediate or
advanced cases of consumption (phthisis), nor has the
Borough Council provided for the use of patients portable
open-air shelters, or tents, in suitable cases, the Council
being of opinion that, in all such cases as require sanatorium
or hospital accommodation, any arrangements that are made
should be made by a central authority, e.g., the Metropolitan
Asylums Board, for the whole of the County of
London. Poor Law cases (advanced cases) are removed
to the Poor Law Infirmary by the Guardians' officers as
required, and pocket spittoons are provided for patients
on application by the Borough Council. No provision has,
so far, been made by any Metropolitan Borough, apart from
the Poor Law, for the institutional isolation and
treatment of advanced and incurable cases, but 5 Boroughs
have made arrangements with the Authorities of certain
open-air sanatoria for the provision of beds for selected
consumptive cases, though in no instance have more than
10 beds altogether been allocated to the requirements of
any one Borough. Such accommodation is inadequate in
amount. Under the National Insurance Act, proper provision
is required for the "Sanatorium benefits."
National Insurance Act, 1911—Lambeth Local
Sub-Committee.
A local Lambeth Sub-Committee was appointed during
1912 temporarily (10 members), for the immediate administration
of the "Sanatorium Benefit" and the Chairman of the
Public Health Committee and the Medical Officer of Health,
(ex-officio) were appointed to serve thereon as the Council's
representatives. The Sub-Committee was appointed pending
the appointment of the District Committee under
Section 59 of the National Insurance Act, 1911.