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(3) Arrangements have been made for the gratuitous bacteriological
examination of sputa sent by any medical practitioner
practising in the Borough. The number of such examinations
made during the year was 104.
The ward accommodation provided by the Guardians of the
Hackney Union for cases of pulmonary consumption is as
follows:—
Male patients, 57 beds in 4 wards.
Female patients, 30 beds in 1 ward.
The Medical Superintendent states that:—
"Having regard to our limited accommodation, it is
difficult to provide the sub-classification of earlier and advanced
cases that I should like to enforce if I had the
available space. The Guardians are shortly opening
Pavilion 'D; and are arranging to erect an additional
Pavilion 'C; When this additional accommodation is
available I hope to be able to make arrangements for a
full sub-classification."
I am further informed by the Clerk to the Guardians that:—
"The Guardians send suitable cases requiring sanatorium
treatment to the seaside sanatoria at Sandgate. The
following phthisical patients were at Sandgate on the 11th
inst (December, 1909), viz., 5 males and 1 female."
THE FEEDING OF NECESSITOUS CHILDREN AND THE MEDICAL
EXAMINATION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
There is no doubt that during the past year infectious
disease, especially scarlet fever and diphtheria, has been below
the average in the Borough, more so than I can remember for
some years past, regard being paid to its increasing density and