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INFLUENZA,
Twenty.six deaths were registered as due to
influenza, against 12 deaths in the previous year, No
official action was taken in reference to this complaint,
as no application was made for the disinfection of any
of the houses in which death occurred,
TUBERCULOSIS,
Four hundred and thirty.three cases were notified
to me against 443 cases in the previous year, 366 of
which were cases of pulmonary tuberculosis and 67
cases of other forms of tuberculosis,
In all cases notified, or in which death occurred,
the premises were at once inspected, and after death
in all cases occurring in private dwelling.houses an
offer was made to disinfect the premises at the expense
of your Council, In every case of pulmonary tuberculosis
a printed instruction as to the course that should
be adopted for the prevention of consumption was
left at the premises, In many instances advantage
was taken of the offer of the Council to disinfect,
Two hundred and thirty.four deaths were registered
against 212 in the previous year,
During the year 33 orders on the Lister Institute
of Preventive Medicine, with sputum outfits, were
supplied to medical practitioners attending suspected
cases of tuberculosis,
TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY,
The Local Government Board and the London
County Council have approved of the scheme set out
in my Annual Report for 1914, but your Council
decided to defer the establishment of the dispensary
for the time being owing to the difficulty of obtaining
the necessary staff, etc,, under the existing war
conditions,