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THE DISTRICT COMMITTEE OF EDMONTON.
In the scheme made on February 3rd, 1913, by the County Insurance
Committee, there was laid down the constitutions of these Committees, which
defined the qualifications of members, the powers of the Committees, and
the regulations of their proceedings. Each one is to hold office until July 15th,
1913, or longer if the scheme remains in force.
Edmonton District Committee met for the first time on the 2nd May,
when the Rev. Preb. Sanders, M.A., was elected Chairman, and an executive
of six members appointed. Mr. Alfred E. Truscott is the Clerk. I am one of
the three representatives of the medical practitioners. My Council is of the
opinion that the local medical officer of health should be ex-officio a member of
every district committee. A letter thereon from my Council dated September
25th, 1912, was answered by the County on 12th January, 1914 !
On the 9th December I received notification from the county medical
officer that the head dispensary had been established at 56, Silver Street,
Upper Edmonton, and was in charge of Dr. Cogill, one of the tuberculosis
officers appointed by the County Council; also a schedule of hours for patients
attendance. I believe that the work began there in October.
The second meeting was on the 19th December. After a meeting of the
executive, the Committee was divided into three Sub-committees to take up
the work of after-care of all insured persons. Three members offered to deal
with the domiciliary accounts.
A deputation was appointed to wait on the Insurance Committee in order
to ascertain when and what useful work the District Committee could do and
so exercise the powers given them under the scheme of February 3rd, 1913.
The Clerk was instructed to enquire if the County Council intended to establish
tuberculosis nurses in the area No. 1 on the terms of their Public Health
Committee reports of October, 1912, and February 1913, or not.
TUBERCULOSIS NURSES.
In the report of the County Public Health Committee for 27th February
1913, appears the following:—
"Arrangements could be made for these officers to act under the
District Medical Officer of Health for the purpose of enquiries
regarding tuberculosis under the Public Health (Tuberculosis)
Regulations, 1912. It may also be arranged with the respective
District Councils that nurses could be appointed who could act
partly as tuberculosis nurses and partly as health visitors for such
work as arises under the Notification of Births Act, etc., but in
this event the number of nurses proposed in the scheme would