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Stoke Newington 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]

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(2). That the following be the Conditions of Agreement with
the Metropolitan Hospital:—
1. The Hospital Governors are prepared to institute a
Tuberculosis Dispensary in connection with the
Hospital, separate and distinct from their Outpatient
Department, for the examination and treatment
of patients from the Boroughs of Hackney and
Stoke Newington. The Dispensary shall be open to
patients on at least two evenings in every week.
2. They will appoint a whole-time Medical Tuberculosis
Officer, at a salary of not less than £500 per annum.
The officer appointed will be "a man of experience
not only in dealing with Tuberculosis affection, but
also in general medicine."
3. The Dispensary will be properly equipped with
apparatus by the Borough Authorities, the premises
and the whole arrangements being satisfactory to the
Local Government Board, the London County
Council, and the Insurance Committee of the County
of London.
4. The Dispensary will be under the control of the
Hospital Authorities, except such administrative control
as devolves on the Medical Officers of Health of
the Boroughs of Hackney and Stoke Newington, as
Chief Administrative Tuberculosis Officers of the
Tuberculosis Scheme.
5. The Hospital shall appoint a special Advisory Committee
in relation to the Tuberculosis Dispensary,
consisting of certain Members of the Committee of
the Hospital, together with the Medical Officers of
Health for Hackney and Stoke Newington, two representatives
to be nominated by each of the Borough
Councils of Hackney and Stoke Newington and
two to be nominated by the London Insurance Committee,
of whom one shall be a Panel Doctor.