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PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS.
Dispensary Treatment of Tuberculosis.—The Council's scheme
for the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis is carried out at
two Tuberculosis Dispensaries, situated upon the premises of
(a) the Metropolitan Hospital, Kingsland Road, E.8, and (b) the
City of London Hospital for Diseases of the Heart and Lungs,
Victoria Park, E.2. The Metropolitan Hospital Dispensary serves
the Stamford Hill, West Hackney, Kingsland and Downs Wards of
the Borough, whilst the City of London Hospital Dispensary
provides for those persons living in the Clapton Park, Homerton,
South Hackney and Hackney Wards.
The Metropolitan Hospital Dispensary also serves the Borough
of Stoke Newington and the City of London Hospital Dispensary
the Borough of Bethnal Green.
The estimated population of the areas of the two Dispensaries
is as follows:—
Metropolitan Hospital Dispensary Area:—
Stamford Hill 33,400
West Hackney 18,500
Kingsland 21,800
Downs 17,100
90,800
Estimated population (mid1929),
Borough of Stoke
Newington 50,040
140,840
City of London Hospital Dispensary Area:—
Clapton Park 40,800
Homerton 34,400
South Hackney 21,700
Hackney 26,700
123,600
Estimated population (mid1929),
Borough of Bethnal
Green 110,500
234,100
Estimated population (mid-
1929), Hackney 214,400
New Cases.—The number of new cases seen at the Dispensaries
during the year was as follows:—