London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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East Ham 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]

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(e) That, whilst the consumptive patient should be kept under
dispensary supervision through the whole of his illness,
routine and frequent attendances of patients merely for
the sake of receiving drug's should be discouraged.
(/) That more effective machinery for care and after-care of
the consumptive and his family should be provided.
(It is of interest to note that these suggestions have actually
been in practice for some time at the Clinic).
To sum up, it will be readily appreciated from what has been
said that the work of the Clinic is increasing in all its aspects to
such an extent that the need for a new Clinic with suitable
accommodation to meet the increasing demands has become so
acutely urgent that immediate action is imperative.