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losis Schemes devolved upon County Councils, the London County Council was not at first included,
but this was remedied at a later date. The main point which emerges in connection with dispensary
work is that Dr. Menzies discerns a tendency to lay stress far more upon the question of treatment than
upon that of prevention and this defect needs to be corrected.
With reference to Institutional Treatment, careful analysis is made of the existing available
accommodation, and of future needs, under various heads—early cases, chronic and advanced cases, surgical
cases, etc. The main conclusion to be drawn appears to be that whilst some additional accommodation
is required, a pressing need is to take stock of that already available and carefully to re.apportion
it under the heads of the several classes of cases requiring treatment.
W. H. HAMER;
Medical Officer of Health.
The Public Health Committee are reporting to the Council on certain sections of this report,
which are set out inextenso in the following pages. Other portions of the report are still under the
consideration of the Public Health Committee, and are therefore not printed here.
July, 1920.