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Hampstead 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead, Metropolitan Borough of]

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(iii) In the event of a separate assessment of the dispensary
premises not being allowed, the Governing Body of
the Institute shall pay all rates and taxes and after
deducting Property Tax and, if any, Inhabited
House Duty, shall charge the Dispensary with twofifths
of the rates and taxes levied on the whole
premises.
(iv) All internal repairs and decorations shall be
taken by the Borough Council.
(v) The Borough Council shall insure against fire only its
own furniture in the Dispensary premises.
(vi) The Health Institute shall bear the cost of any central
system of heating that may be adopted, and after
deducting the cost of keeping it in repair, shall charge
the Dispensary with two-fifths of the annual cost.
The management of the Health Institute is vested in a Governing
Body—the successors of the Coronation and Commemoration Committee.
This body consists of 30 members, appointed as follows:—
3 Trustees of the Institute.
11 Appointed by the Hampstead Borough Council.
3 Appointed by the Board of Guardians.
2 Members of the Hampstead Health Society.
11 Appointed by the Hampstead Council of Social Welfare.
The Trustees hold the Institute in trust for the following objects:—
1. The prevention and treatment of tuberculosis.
2. Training and teaching in hygiene, nursing, the treatment
of minor ailments and domestic economy
and subject to the fulfilment of these conditions of the trust:—
3. The medical supervision and treatment of children.
4. Lectures, classes and gatherings supplementary to elementary
education.
5. The provision of a meeting lace for purposes of mutual
provident aid, or otherwise for the social well-being of
the inhabitants of the Borough.