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Notification of Phthisis.
164 voluntary notifications of Tuberculous Phthisis were
received, 25 cases occurring in private and 139 in public
practice. In addition to these, 15 patients attending Brompton
Hospital were notified through the Medical Officer of Health
of the London County Council, to whom since the beginning
of November notifications are forwarded by the hospital
authorities, and then distributed to the boroughs in which the
patients reside, and in order that contact cases may be detected
as early as possible, if it is thought desirable that any member
of the patient's family should be medically examined, an order
admitting for such examination is given by the Secretary of the
Hospital.

Regulations as to Tuberculosis.
In December regulations under the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891, for preventing the spread of Tuberculosis were
issued by the Local Government Board, which came into force
on January 1st, 1909.
By these regulations notifications to the Medical Officer of
Health by Poor Law Officers of the following persons who are
suffering from Pulmonary Tuberculosis are required:—
(a) By the Medical Officer of a Poor Law Institution of
any inmate of the Institution, to the Medical Officer
of Health of the district in which the Institution is
situate, and to the Medical Officer of Health of the
district in which the patient resided immediately before
his admission to the Poor Law Institution.