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itself unable or unwilling to extend it for a further period of five
years.
The practice has been, during the past year, for a Committee
of the Council to go through a list of the patients who have been
removed to the Hospital, and to apply to the parents or guardians
for the whole or part of the cost if there was evidence that the
expense could be afforded.
I think it will be found that the difficulty of collection and
unpopularity of such charges will be quite incommensurate with
the sum actually received.
As in previous years, "specimens" of doubtful cases of
Diphtheria and Typhoid Fever have been sent for bacteriological
examination, the requisite materials being supplied free. AntiDiphtheric
Serum has been supplied to Medical Practitioners in
urgent cases of Diphtheria, a supply of the latter being kept at the
Town Hall, at the residences of the Medical Officer of Health and
Chief Sanitary Inspector, so that when the offices are closed no
unnecessary delay may be caused, and this has been found to be a
great convenience.
Tubes of Anti-Diphtheric Serum supplied 26
Bacteriological Examinations 36