Excerpt from Edinburgh Medical Journal, 1917, Vol. 19 For the present, local authorities' schemes of treatment should be limited to cases of venereal disease in their communicable stages. A special memorandum (v. 12) has been drawn up regarding the payment of travelling expenses of necessitous patients to and from an approved hospital. The Medical Officer of Health is allowed to authorise such payment if he has satisfied himself that the patient could not receive the treatment which the case requires unless his travelling expenses are paid by the local authority. The patient, however, must attend the approved clinic nearest his residence. The local authorities' arrangements with hospitals, etc., should secure that the facilities provided will be available for all comers, with out distinction as to means or as to place of residence, and whether the patient comes on the recommendation of a medical practitioner or not. Under cover of the circular above referred to there is issued a memorandum as to the records to be kept and returns to be made by institutions approved by the Local Government Board. A perusal of this memorandum reveals how comprehensive the scheme is, and how thoroughly the problem is being dealt with. Certain forms are pre scribed for the annual returns to be made by pathologists in approved laboratories, and by medical officers in approved treatment centres and institutions. As regards the keeping of records, the Board do not prescribe any uniform plan. They suggest, however, a system of case papers and registers for the consideration of hospital authorities, which we think is at once so simple and so comprehensive that it may with advantage be generally adopted. It seems to involve a minimum of clerical work, while furnishing a register that is complete and easy of reference. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.