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In addition to the total of 579 local cases of
Phthisis notified under the existing tuberculosis regulations,
1,196 certificates referring to persons ordinarily
residing outside Bethnal Green were received About
90 per cent. of these were sent by the Medical Officers
of the City of London Hospital for Diseases of the
Chest, and the remainder from the Queen's and Mildmay
Hospitals. These certificates were (as required by the
regulations then in force) forwarded to the M.O H.
of the district in which the patient ordinarily resided,
and the Medical Officer who signed the certificate
was notified that this had been done. This complicated
method of notification is now abolished by the new
regulations, and the simpler practice of Sec. 5 of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, is followed, but dual
notification is not required. 148 specimens of sputum
were submitted to the Clinical Research Association
for examination. The tubercle bacillus was detected
in 25, the examination being negative in 123.
FAIRLIGHT SANATORIUM.
Report of the Medical Officer of Health on the
Borough Council's Scheme for the treatment of persons
suffering from Pulmonary Tuberculosis at Fairlight
Sanatorium.
10th December, 1912.
The arrangements for the retention of six
beds at Fairlight Sanatorium for the treatment of
residents of this Borough suffering from Pulmonary
Tuberculosis came into force on the 1st February,
1911.