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6. The Medical Tuberculosis Officer, upon the request of
the Medical Officer of Health, shall examine at their
homes persons either suffering from Tuberculosis
or suspected to be suffering from this disease who are
unable, or cannot be persuaded, to attend the Dispensary.
He shall be available (either at the
Dispensary or in the patients' own homes) for consultation
and diagnosis on application being made
through the Medical Officer of Health for his services
by any medical practitioner practising within the
Boroughs of Hackney and Stoke Newington. Where
the Tuberculosis Officer has any doubt or difficulty
in diagnosis or treatment of any cases of Tuberculosis,
he shall have the right of consultation with
Members of the Visiting Staff of the Hospital, whose
decision shall be for the time being binding.
7. For the first year, as a temporary measure, subject to
subsequent revision, a charge of 2s. per head for each
patient's attendance at the Dispensary will be made,
attendances in separate departments to be counted
as separate attendances. The examination, for the
detection of tubercle bacilli, of specimens of sputa of
patients not attending the Dispensary, and each domiciliary
visit to each patient will be charged as an
attendance in each case.
8. No patient shall be treated at the Dispensary who is
already under the care of a general practitioner,
unless and until such general practitioner's consent or
request to treat the patient has first been received.
9. The Dispensary shall be linked up to the Public
Health work of the Borough and the panel work of
the general practitioners in connection with the
treatment of Tuberculosis under the National
Insurance Act, and shall be open for inspection by the