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A Tuberculosis Officer in addition to the primary duty of
diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis, is required to attend
meetings of the Advisory Committees, Care Committees and Ca,se
Committees, and prepare tables of statistics for the information
of the Committees. He is also expected, according to Circular
149, to visit at least once, the home of each dispensary patient;
and should also visit for the purpose of examining contacts, and
for consultation and reporting purposes as often as may be
required. The three Tuberculosis Officers appointed at the two
Dispensaries are required to carry out the treatment of Tuberculosis
in three Metropolitan Boroughs containing in 1922 a total
estimated population of 396,420, with 504 deaths from tuberculosis
and with 778 primary cases of tuberculosis notified during
that year alone.