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Of the new cases notified during the year 76 were receiving
hospital, sanatorium, or other form of institutional treatment at
the time of notification.
At the end of 1932 there were 108 women and children nondispensary
patients (a decrease of 47 as compared with 1931),
including new cases notified during the year, on the register, and
1,193 visits were paid by the female Sanitary Inspector (Miss J.
Round) to the homes of patients and contacts.
Efforts are made, in as many cases as possible, to induce nondispensary
patients to attend the Tuberculosis Dispensary, and
during the year, 76 cases were transferred, 56 of these being new cases.
Adult Male Patients.
There were 97 adult male patients not on the Dispensary roll
on the register at the end of 1932. There were 83 new cases notified
(including 6 notified after death) and 17 otherwise reported during
1932, and of these 27 died during the year.

The homes of the patients were systematically visited
during the year by the District Sanitary Inspectors, and 327 visits,
including 93 first visits to new cases were paid. Eleven of the
new cases were found to have died on the first visit. Of the
new cases 37 were receiving institutional treatment at the time of
notification. Fifty-eight patients (including 42 new cases) were
transferred to the Dispensary during the year.
Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925.
No action was found necessary under the provisions of these
Regulations during 1932.