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Report on the work of the Tuberculosis Dispensary
for the year 1929 by Dr. P. L. T. Bennett,
Tueerculosis Officer and Superintendent of
Borough Bacteriological Laboratory.
The work of the Dispensary during the year 1929
has been carried out on similar lines to those of the
preceding year. There has been but little alteration
except in detail. Miss Holah, assistant clerk,
resigned her appointment in November and her place
was taken by Miss Wright. During the absence of the
Tuberculosis Officer through illness at the beginning of
the year, Dr. G. F. Hardy acted as Tuberculosis Officer
for three months and was assisted by Dr. Kenneth
Soutar, who has acted in a similar capacity in previous
years.
Re-arrangement of Consulting Rooms and
Laboratory. Increasing traffic in New King's Road
and the noise consequent thereupon, has made the
examination of patients difficult to carry out satisfactorily
during the past two or three years. The consulting
rooms of the medical officers faced New King's Road;
and at the rear of the premises on the same landing were
situated a reception room for patients and the Borough
Bacteriological Laboratory. After consultation with
the Medical Officer of Health and the Borough Surveyor
it was decided in August to make a complete change in
the arrangements of the above rooms; the consulting
rooms now being situated at the rear of the premises,
whilst the reception room and laboratory are brought to
the front facing New King's Rood. During the conversion
of this floor (which, with the consequent alterations in
the gas and water connections to the Laboratory took
rather over 3 weeks to complete), the Dispensary was
closed for general routine work. The clerical department
was however kept going as far as possible and
special cases could be seen by appointment in the evening.
The Tuberculosis Officer carried out district work