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TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARIES.
(a.) Main Dispensary at 174, East Hill, Wandsworth,
serves the areas Putney, Southfields, Fairfield, Springfield and
North Clapham.
Sessions:— Monday: Morning and Afternoon.
Tuesday: Evening (7 p.m.), for those at work.
Thursday: Morning and Afternoon.
Saturday: Morning (for school children).
(b.) Branch Dispensary at 114, Gosberton Road, Balham
serves the areas Streatham, Tooting, Balham and South Clapham.
Sessions:— Tuesday: Morning and Afternoon.
Thursday: Evening (7 p.m.), for those at work.
Friday: Morning.
Visitors.—The three Tuberculosis Visitors have each a
definite area in the Borough, and each patient is encouraged to
attend the session during which the visitor is in attendance.
Dispensing.—Treatment at the Dispensary, as distinct
from diagnosis, consultation and general supervision, is limited
to patients who are unable to obtain other adequate medical
attendance.
Institutional Treatment.—Since May, 1921, when Sanatorioum
Benefit ceased to be included among the benefits conferred
by the National Insurance Act, the responsibility for the
institutional treatment of all persons rests with the London
County Council.
No. of patients treated in:—
(a.) Hospitals for observation 110
(b.) Sanatorium 207
(c.) Hospitals for Advanced Cases 15
332
As in former years there has been great difficulty in arranging
institutional treatment for advanced cases.
There is still room for the provision of such beds as near as
possible to the homes of such cases, so as to be readily accessible
to their relatives.