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in every case tuberculous but which the patients did not realise
were connected with the final onset; however, no fewer than 56
of the total number of cases, or 49'5 per cent. had known for
a longer period than one year before attending the dispensary
that they were suffering from Consumption.
The scheme for granting extra nourishment to necessitous
tuberculous patients under Circular 194 of the Ministry of Health
has worked very satisfactorily during the past year. Extra
nourishment was granted to 138 patients during the year.
Assistance under this scheme is limited by the Ministry of Health
to early or Sanatorium cases; all others must be referred to the
Guardians.
Sanitary Inspection.
The Public Health Committee adopted on April 27th, 1922, a
resolution that applicants for Registration as Purveyors of Miik
should be required to give an undertaking to comply with certain
conditions (see Page 121), and it was also made a condition of
registration that milk shall not be sold from a private house unless
structural alterations are made whereby the milk can be stored
and sold without being placed in or brought through rooms used
for living purposes.
The work of Sanitary Inspection has been carefully and
conscientiously carried out throughout the year, a fact of the
utmost importance in view of the adverse housing conditions of
the Borough.
The Ministry of Health in their " Manual on Unfit Houses,"
has suggested that :—
A fit house should be :—
(1) free from serious dampness ;
(2) satisfactorily lighted and ventilated ;
(3) properly drained and provided with adequate sanitary conveniences*
and with a sink and suitable arrangements for disposing of slop water.
(4) in good general repair,
and should have
(5) a satisfactory water supply ;