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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 35,520
West Hackney 17,690
Kingsland 20,230
Downs 18,770
92,210
Estimated population (mid1935).
Borough of Stoke
Newington
50,210
142,420
City of London Hospital Dispensary Area:—
Clapton Park 39,420
Homerton 32,020
South Hackney 21,790
Hackney 25,160
118,390
Estimated population (mid1935),
Borough of Bethnal
Green
99,910
218,300
Estimated population (mid1935),
Hackney
210,600