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TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARIES.
(a.) Main Dispensary, at 174, East Hill, Wandsworth,
serves the areas Putney, Southfield, 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 Sanatorium
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.
The number of patients who received institutional treatment
under the Council's Tuberculosis Scheme during 1926 was
as follows:—
(a.) In Hospitals for Observation 61
(b.) In Sanatoria 361
(c.) In Hospitals for Advanced Cases 16
Total 438
The above figures do not include patients treated either
in private or in poor law institutions.