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Table III. deals with Contacts, the examination of whom forms
one of the most important functions of Dispensary work, for it is here
that the earliest and therefore most hopeful cases are to be discovered.
It will be noted that of the 284 contacts examined, 28 were found to be
tubercular. The contacts are all requested to attend by the Health
Visitor or Tuberculosis Officer, and as a rule the examinations are
conducted at the Dispensary.

pulmonary tuberculosis.
The three following Tables (IV. V. & VI.) give particulars relating
to those cases diagnosed as suffering from Pulmonary Tuberculosis,
i.e., Consumption of the Lungs. Attention is directed to Table VI.
which shows that of the 186 cases admitted, 145 were in an advanced
condition before presenting themselves. This is much to be regretted
if only for the patients' sake. Many of these cases expect to be cured
right away by admission to a Sanatorium, and are correspondingly
disappointed when told that Sanatorium Treatment is only suitable for
comparatively early cases.

* Of the three deaths, one was complicated by Cancer of the tongue; one by
Nephritis (disease of the kidneys), and the third by severe haemorrhage from the
lung.