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Of the persons notified to me under the Regulations,
412 were suffering from the pulmonary form of
tuberculosis and 90 from tubercular disease of the
bones, joints, &c.
Of the total notifications received, 365 referred to
persons residing in the North-East Sub-district, and three
had no fixed residence.
The total deaths registered from tuberculosis numbered
259; of these, 160 had been notified during life
and 99 so notified after death only.
Two hundred and two specimens of sputum were
submitted to the Clinical Eesearch Association for examination;
the tubercle bacillus was detected in 58, but the
examination proved to be negative in 144 cases.
The system of visitation and rectification of insanitary
conditions, and the supply of paper-lined spittoons
and glass metal-capped pocket spittoons, has been continued
on the same lines as in previous years, as also was
the supply of disinfectants.
The Inspectors complain to ine that the Doctor
who notifies that his patient is suffering from Consumption
sometimes neglects to inform the sufferer of
this fact.
It is most unfair to place the onus of conveying
such bad news upon a Sanitary Official; moreover, the