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TUBERCULOSIS.
This section of the report deals with the work of the
Department under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations,
1912, and under the Dispensary Scheme as approved
by the Ministry of Health and the London County Council,
who contribute 50 per cent. and 25 per cent. respectively of
the net expenditure of that scheme.
Staff. The staff of the Dispensary is set out in detail
in Section III. No change has taken place during the year.
Appointment of Tuberculosis Officer as Consultant to the
Woolwich Infirmary. During the year arrangements were
made with the Woolwich Guardians whereby authority was
given to the Tuberculosis Officer to visit tuberculous cases
in the Infirmary as a Consultant and to confer with the
Medical Superintendent from time to time. Under this
scheme the Tuberculosis Officer visits the Infirmary at
regular intervals.
Post-Graduate Courses. In July, 1923, the London
County Council submitted proposals to the Metropolitan
Borough Councils approving the principle of Tuberculosis
Officers being offered special facilities by the authorities by
whom they were appointed enabling them to attend, not less
than one month every three years, post-graduate instruction.
In July, the Tuberculosis Officer, under this scheme, attended
a study tour in Norway which the Joint Tuberculosis Council
arranged for. The tour was most instructive, enabling the
Tuberculosis Officer to study, clinically and administratively,
the tuberculosis schemes in that country. After his return
he submitted a report to the Council on what he had seen,
and gave a public lecture on the differences between the
administration of tuberculosis in Norway and in this
country. In December, one of the Tuberculosis Visitors
attended the Sixth Winter School organized by the Women
Sanitary Inspectors' and Health Visitors' Association. The
course extended over two weeks.