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The chief advantage of the scheme apart from the right of
choice of doctor lies in the submission of the Medical record cards
to the Medical Officer of Health at the end of each month, enabling
the extraction of particulars which form clinical records of all public
assistance patients treated in the district. These record cards
(except where treatment has terminated) are returned to the practitioners.
The following is a comparison of the estimated annual cost
of the scheme and the estimated cost under the previous arrangement
:
Previous Arrangement. Panel Medical Scheme.
££
D.M.O.'s Salary150 Pool for Payment of
Drugs, Dressings and Practitioners 200
Dispensing 62 Drugs, Dressings and
Dispensing 81
£212 1281
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1929.
In Croydon the delegated duties under this Act comprise the
carrying out of the duties under the Children's Acts and the
Vaccination Acts, for which the Public Health Committee is now
responsible. In addition modified arrangements were made in connection
with Maternity, Tuberculosis, and Mentally Deficient
patients.
The Mayday Hospital was appropriated by the Public Health
Committee under Section 137 of the Public Health Act, 1875, on
April 1st. 1932.
The grants made to Voluntary Associations by the Council
under the Local Government Act, 1928, during 1935-6 were as
follows:—
Croydon Mothers' and infants' Welfare Association—
1935/6
£
(a) Maternity 4,500
(b) Infant Welfare Centres 850
(c) Convalesence 600
(d) Care-work (Unmarried Mothers) 150
(e) Home Helps 100
£6,200