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Dispensary, and that such application ought to be made through
the Local Sanitary Authority : and therefore
Recommending :—
(/) That, in accordance with the financial recommendations of the
Departmental Committee on Tuberculosis, 1912, this Council
do apply to the Local Government Board for a Capital Grant
towards the early provision of a portion of the Health Institute
by the Commemoration Committee as a Tuberculosis Dispensary
under the control of the Public Health Committee of the
Council.
(Local Government Board be adopted, viz. :—That in the event
of the failure of the voluntary side of the undertaking, the
freehold property revert to the Hampstead Borough Council.
A scheme for the establishment and maintenance of the Dispensary
was framed, and admirable temporary premises were secured in a block
of buildings belonging to the Hampstead General Hospital at Haverstock
Hill. These buildings are entirely separated from the Hospital, they
were formerly erected as a small out-patient department, but were found
unnecessary and had never been used, Ihey constitute an ideal arrangement
for a Dispensary. The accommodation at our disposal consisted
of (1) a small office for the nurse at the entrance door; (2) a large
waiting room; (3) a large well-equipped consulting room for the
Tuberculosis Medical Officer; (4) a small private room for his office,
and (5) the necessary W.C.'s and lavatories.
The composition of the Dispensary consists of the following:—
The Medical Officer of Health of the Borough, who is the
Chief Administrative Tuberculosis Officer, receives all
notification and reports, statutory and otherwise, and who
is responsible for all administrative and preventative
measures requisite for the treatment and prevention of
the disease.
The Tuberculosis Medical Officer.—An Officer who has had
special experience and training in the treatment of Tuberculosis,
and who is responsible, clinically, for all cases of
Tuberculosis referred to him. He is, subject to the
administrative control of the Medical Officer of Health,