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Sanatorium, Poor Law, etc.), and is required to be
forwarded when a patient with tubercular disease is
admitted. The certificates on this Form numbered 221
from Poor Law Medical Officers and 113 from Hospitals
and Sanatoria.
Of the sufferers from Tuberculosis, 344 were
notified on the primary certificate as cases of Phthisis
and 110 as other forms of Tuberculosis. The School
Medical Officers notified three cases of Phthisis and ten
others. On Form " C " Medical Officers reported 297
cases of Phthisis and 37 of other forms of Tuberculosis.
Amongst the persons notified as suffering from
Tuberculosis, 341 were stated to be insured under the
National Insurance Act, 1911, but 317 were uninsured;
no information could be obtained as to the remaining
143.
293 specimens of sputum were submitted to the
Clinical Research Association for examination; the
tubercle bacillus was detected in 75, but the examination
proved negative in 218.
The homes of all the sufferers from Tubercular
disease were visited, insanitary conditions were noted,
and as far as possible remedied.
By direction of the Public Health Committee the
sufferers from Phthisis were supplied on request with
paper-lined spitting cups and glass metal-capped pocket
spittoons; this arrangement was continued on the same
lines as in previous years, as was also the supply of dis
infectants.