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Disinfection was carried out in all cases as in previous years.
Tuberculosis Dispensary.
Dr. Macdonald reports as follows : —
During 1919, new cases to the number of 665 were examined at
the Dispensary. This includes 197 contacts and also 101 ex-service
men who were referred to the Dispensary by the Ministry of Pensions.
Of the total number examined 195 were insured persons. The
number of attendances recorded by all patients was 5,799, being 400
more than last year. Of the new cases 224 were found to be suffering
from pulmonary tuberculosis and 46 from non-pulmonary tuberculosis:
170 were doubtful and kept under observation and the remainder
were discharged as non-tuberculous.
The familiar complaint that patients come under treatment only
when the disease is well advanced is emphasised this year by the fact
that of the 224 new cases diagnosed as pulmonary tuberculosis, 186 or
83 per cent, were classified as belonging to Stages II and III.
Death — Notification Interval. In amplification of the statement
made last year with reference to this point, an examination of 158
deaths belonging to the Borough attributed to tuberculosis in the death
returns reveals the following information :—
Pulmonary Non-Pumonary
Tuberculosis. Tuberculosis.
Cause not notified 36 20
Cause notified at death 7 1
Cases notified one month
Cases notified three months
before death 17
Cases notified six months
before death 7
Cases notified more than six
months before death 62