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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
London Chest Hospital, Victoria Park, E.2. The Metropolitan
Hospital Dispensary serves the Stamford Hill, West Hackney,
Kingsland and Downs Wards of the Borough, whilst the London
Chest 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 London Chest 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 34,870
West Hackney 17,350
Kingsland 19,850
Downs 18,430 90,500
Estimated population (mid1937).
Borough of Stoke
Newington 50,250
140,750
London Chest Hospital Dispensary Area:—
Clapton Park 38,700
Homerton 31,430
South Hackney 21,380
Hackney 24,690
116,200
Estimated population (mid1937),
Borough of Bethnal
Green 94,560
210,760
Estimated population (mid-
1937), Hackney 206,700