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INFLUENZA.
Thirteen deaths were registered as due to
influenza, against 13 deaths in the previous year. No
official action was taken in reference to this complaint,
as no application was made for the disinfection of any
of the houses in which death occurred.
TUBERCULOSIS.
Seven hundred and eighteen cases were notified to
me against 438 cases in the previous year, 594 of
which were cases of pulmonary tuberculosis and 124
cases of other forms of tuberculosis.
In all cases notified, or in which death occurred,
the premises were at once inspected, and after death
in all cases occurring in private dwelling-houses an
offer was made to disinfect the premises at the expense
of your Council. In every case of pulmonary tuberculosis
a printed instruction as to the course that should
be adopted for the prevention of consumption was
left at the premises. I11 many instances advantage
was taken of the offer of the Council to disinfect.
One hundred and eighty-three deaths were registered
against 168 in the previous year.
On December 20th, 1912, the Local Government
Board issued a series ot Regulations to be known
as the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912,
which they had made consolidating and amending
the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1908,
the Public Health (Tuberculosis in Hospitals) Regulations,
1911, and the Public Health (Tuberculosis)
Regulations, 1911. These Regulations came into
operation on February 1st, 1913, and were printed in
my last Annual Report.
During last year your Committee on my recommendation
gave instructions for sputum outfits to be
supplied to medical practitioners attending suspected
cases of tuberculosis who are not in a position to pay
for the pathological examination of sputum. Arrangements
have been made with the Lister Institute of
Preventive Medicine to carry out the work.
Five orders were given in response to the applications
received during the three months the arrangement
was in force last year.