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The deaths are classified by age and sex in the following
table:—

No action was taken under the Public Health (Prevention
of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925, which give 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.
Tuberculosis Care Committee. The responsibility for maintaining
the health of tuberculous persons in the district is
undertaken by the Merton and Morden Tuberculosis Care Committee
who assist patients, dependents and relatives in many
ways, both financially and in kind, to secure extra nourishment,
beds, bedding, clothing and household articles. They arrange for
the provision of domestic help, assist in securing suitable employment,
occupational therapy and rehabilitation and in the holiday
schemes for child contacts in the family.
The Committee again gave considerable financial support
to the holiday scheme, and 26 children from this district attended
the two camps, held during the year and spent a very enjoyable
holiday in ideal surroundings.
Twelve relatives were granted the cost of fares to visit patients
in hospitals and sanatoria, and four patients were provided with
pocket money. Other monetary gifts included grants to two
patients for the cost of occupational therapy materials, and to
one patient for the cost of a refresher course in shorthand and
typewriting. The removal expenses of one patient were paid,
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