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[1919

TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARIES.
The work of the Tuberculosis Dispensaries has been very satisfactorily
performed, and during the year 1,341 persons were examined by the Tuberculosis
Officers, and the patients made 10,839 attendances.
At the Northern Dispensary there were 585 new cases, and at the
Southern 756, while the attendances at the former were 4,057 and at the
latter 6,782. The examination of contacts with tuberculous cases showed
that 24 were suffering from tuberculosis, 44 were suspect, and 243 were not
suffering. The nurses of the Northern Dispensary paid 1,730 visits, and those
of the Southern 1,507, to the homes of the patients, while the Tuberculosis
Officer of the Northern Dispensary made 124 visits and of the Southern 197
visits to the patients' homes for the purpose of examining them.
These dispensaries are undoubtedly doing a very great and good work in
the borough, and it is satisfactory to find that so many people are anxious to
receive the fall benefits which they provide. The number of persons in
attendance at them in each year since their institution is as follows:—
TUBERCULOSIS.