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1902]
RESOLUTIONS
Passed by the British Conference on Tuberculosis, 1901.
Resolution No. 1.
Tuberculous sputum is the main agent for the conveyance of the virus of
Tuberculosis from man to man ; indiscriminate spitting should therefore be
suppressed.
Resolution No. 2.
It is the opinion of this Congress that all public hospitals and dispensaries
should present every out-patient suffering from Phthisis with a leaflet
containing instructions with regard to the prevention of Consumption, and
should supply and insist on the proper use of a pocket spittoon.
Resolution No. 3.
That the Voluntary Notification of Cases of Phthisis attended with
tuberculous expectoration, and the increased preventive action which it has
rendered practicable, have been attended by a promising measure of success,
and that the extension of notification should be encouraged in all districts in
which efficient sanitary administration renders it practicable to adopt the
consequential measures.
Resolution No. 4.
That the provision of Sanatoria is an indispensable part of the measures
necessary for the diminution of Tuberculosis.
Resolution No. 5.
That in the opinion of this Congress, in the light of the work that has been
presented at its sittings, Medical Officers of Health should continue to use all
the powers at their disposal, and relax no effort to prevent the spread of
Tuberculosis by milk and meat.