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Satisfactory results were also reported in respect of boys trained in clerical work.
A considerable number of boys passed Pitman's shorthand examinations while
others were successful in various examinations of the Society of Arts.
Tuberculosis
dispensary
service.
In London the dispensary service, which is an integral part of the Council's
tuberculosis scheme, is provided by the metropolitan borough councils. The net
cost, after deduction of an amount equal to the amount of Government grant paid
prior to the introduction of the "block public health grant" under the Local
Government Act, 1929, is divided, in roughly equal parts between the County Council
and the borough councils. At the end of 1930 there were 23 municipal dispensaries
(including one branch dispensary) and 10 dispensaries at voluntary hospitals or
under voluntary management, some of which served more than one borough. One
of these hospital dispensaries, the Royal Chest hospital, City-road (branch of
Royal Northern hospital) then served the boroughs of Finsbury, Islington and
Shoreditch. During 1931, however, the boroughs of Finsbury and Shoreditch
terminated the arrangement and provided municipal dispensaries and borough
tuberculosis officers, and the Royal Chest hospital dispensary has been retained to
serve, jointly with a dispensary at the Royal Northern hospital, Holloway-road,
the borough of Islington alone. During the year the St. Pancras Borough Council
transferred its dispensary from Oakley-square to new premises in Camden-road,
and the Westminster City Council transferred its dispensary from Monck-street
to Ebury-bridge. In addition the Woolwich Borough Council opened a branch
dispensary during the year at 197, Well-hall-road, Eltham.
There are now 26 municipal dispensaries, including two branch dispensaries and
10 dispensaries at voluntary hospitals or under voluntary management, some of
which serve more than one borough.
Detailed information has been furnished by the metropolitan borough councils'
tuberculosis dispensary service as to the work of the tuberculosis dispensaries,
including particulars as to the numbers of new cases and "contacts" examined,
and the number of home visits, etc. The information is summarised in the table
on pages 30 and 31.