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the same time. No specially unfavourable conditions were noted in
connection with either of these houses.
Six cases.—ln the house in which six cases of Tuberculosis have
occurred, all were members of the same family, and three have died
at home.
Five cases.—In four of the seven houses having five cases, all the
cases were of the same family, and in one of these houses four
members died in two months. Another house in this class has to be
excluded, because the cases did not occur in succession.
The sixth house in this series fails to comply with the conditions,
because one tenant had Tuberculosis on entering the house, and three
of the remaining cases were living together in the house at the same
time. The seventh house is a hostel for girls, where the conditions
are good. One of the girls had Tuberculosis for some years before
living in the Hostel, another girl had a family history of Tubercle,
and two others lived in the hostel at the same time.
Four cases.—Four cases of Tuberculosis have been notified as
occurring in each of 27 houses. For one reason or another —mainly
because the cases did not occur in succession—or because members
of the same family were involved, all of these houses had to be
excluded.
Three cases.—As the number of cases notified in each house
decreases, the number of houses increases, and it was found from
the register that 143 houses had each been inhabited by three cases
of Tuberculosis in the 10 years. With one exception, in which no
information could be obtained, either from the Dispensary records,
the register, or by means of visiting the house, not one of these
houses complied with all three conditions set out above.
Returning now to the above table, Columns v, vii, viii and ix
remain to be discussed. The address referred to in Column vii as
having had 11 cases is a Salvation Army Hostel for men; Columns v,
viii and ix show that in two houses there have occurred seven cases,
another house has had 22 cases, and the last house has had 55 cases.