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Woolwich 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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The Proposed Agreement is as follows: —
(1) The Medical Officer of Health for the Borough for
the time being shall be the Chief Executive and
Organising Officer in the execution of this scheme.
(2) The Council shall agree with the Committee of the
Woolwich Tuberculosis Dispensary for the treatment at
the Dispensary, Maxey Road, Plumstead, of cases of
Tuberculosis on the following terms and conditions: —
(a) The Dispensary Committee shall provide for the
diagnosis and treatment as may be neoessary of
persons suffering or suspected to be suffering from
Tuberculosis who are resident in the Borough of
Woolwich, and who apply voluntarily to the Dispensary,
or who are referred thereto by any qualified
medical practitioner or by any officer of the London
lnsurance Committee.
(b) The Dispensary Committee shall comply with the
requirements of the Local Government Board, the
London County Council, and the London Insurance
Committee.
(c) The Dispensary Committee shall provide an adequate
staff and maintain the Dispensary in an
efficient condition so as to ensure the continued
approval of the Local Government Board under
Section 16 (1) (a) of the National Insurance Act,
1911.
(d) The Dispensary Committee shall arrange that the
place of residence of each patient shall be visited
within such period after notification to them, and as
often as may be reasonably neoessary in the opinion
of the Medical Practitioner in charge of the said