Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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Scheme for the Dispensary Treatment of Tuberculosis, as
amended by the Sub-Committee of the Public Health Committee,
and the Tuberculosis Dispensary Committee, 29th
September, 1914.
Medical Officer of Health.—The Medical Officer of
Health will act as administrative officer, and will keep
records of the work of the Dispensary, and supply the
London County Council with information required by
them. He will also supervise the visitation of patients as
regards home conditions, and the examination of contacts
and suspects.
Agreement.—The Borough Council will enter into an
agreement with the Administrative Committee of the
Woolwich Tuberculosis Dispensary, for a period of twelve
months in the first instance, to treat cases of Tuberculosis
in the Borough in accordance with the requirements of the
Local Government Board, London County Council, and the
London Insurance Committee, and the provisions of the
agreement; the Borough Council making a grant of threeeighths
of the total expenditure on uninsured persons.
The oost to the Borough Council will be roughly as
follows:—
Three-eighths of total expenditure on uninsured
persons, viz., £1,120 420
Repayment—
Local Government Board (one-half) 210
London County Council (one-quarter) 105
315
Balance payable by Borough Council £105