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Deaths from tuberculosis numbered 40, 39 being due to
pulmonary and one to non-pulmonary disease. The death
rate for phthisis was 0.50 per 1,000 population, against a rate
of 0.57 in the year before. The deaths are classified as to
age and sex in Table XXXV.

Three of the 34 deaths were in persons who had not been
notified. These represent 9 per cent. of the total tuberculosis
deaths.
Institutional treatment was provided for 138 persons from
this district as follows:—
At the County Sanatorium, Milford 50
At other institutions 88
138
Two voluntary Tuberculosis Care Committees working in
conjunction with the St. Helier and Wimbledon Dispensaries
cover the district. The scope for alleviating distress among
tuberculous families is wide. The Public Assistance organisation
although of great help in this direction cannot meet all
the needs of these unfortunate families. Whilst this aspect
of anti-tuberculosis work is carried out on a voluntary basis,
it will need all the financial help it can obtain from private
sources to fulfil its very necessary functions.
The District Council provides a free service for the examination
of sputum for tubercle bacilli. During the year 145
specimens were examined with a positive result in 19 instances.
No action was taken under the Public Health (Prevention
of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925, which gives power to prohibit
the handling of milk by infectious tuberculous persons,
nor under Section 172 of the Public Health Act, 1936, which
provides for the removal of an infectious person to hospital.
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