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The amount recoverable from the London County Council, as the
School Authority, for the cleansing for the year is £52 14s.
Seven adults were cleansed at the Station during the year.
(6) TUBERCULOSIS.
This part of the report deals with the work of the Department under
the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930, and under the
Dispensary scheme approved by the Ministry of Health and the London
County Council. The latter contribute 25 per cent. of the nett expenditure
of that scheme.
Staff.— The staff of the Dispensary is set out on pages 5-6.
Notifications.—The total number of notifications received was 121,
but 33 of these related to cases which had been previously notified, so
that the total number of new notifications was 88. In the previous
year, the corresponding number was 104. The notifications received
on forms I. and II., i.e., notifications from institutions regarding admission
and discharge, are not included in the foregoing figures. In Table No.
47 are shown, in the form required by the Ministry of Health, the detailed
figures relating to new cases and mortality during the year. Included
in this Table are 27 new cases which came to the knowledge of the Medical
Officer of Health during the year, otherwise than by notification on Form
A or Form B under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations.

The death rate from all forms of Tuberculosis in Chelsea was 0.7
per 1,000. Of the total number of deaths (41) from all forms of Tuberculosis,
four died non-notified or prior to notification. The ratio of
non-notified tuberculosis deaths to total tuberculosis deaths was