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that the following authorities are now interested in the Dispensary'
treatment of Tuberculosis in Hackney:—
Hackney Borough Council,
Stoke Newington Borough Council,
Bethnal Green Borough Council,
Ministry of Health,
London County Council,
Metropolitan Hospital Management Committee,
Victoria Park Hospital Management Committee.
A Tuberculosis Officer, in addition to the primary duty of
diagnosis and tieatment of tuberculosis, is required to attend
meetings of the Advisory Committees, Care Committees and Case
Committees, and prepare tables of statistics for the information
of the Committees. He Is also expected, according to Circular
149, to visit at least once, the home of each dispensary patient;
and should also visit for the purpose of examining contacts, and
for consultation and reporting purposes, as often as may be
required. The three Tuberculosis Officers appointed at the two
Dispensaries are required to carry out the treatment of Tuberculosis
in three Metropolitan Boroughs containing in 1925 a total
estimated population of 401,290 with 420 deaths from Tuberculosis
and with 817 primary cases of Tuberculosis notified during
that year alone.

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