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and Rotherhithe Hospital, or stay at home and remain a very real
danger to the other members of the household. Twenty such cases
are known to be living at home in Bermondsey at present, and in
one house of six rooms, three adults —all suffering from advanced
Pulmonary Tuberculosis, with Tuberculosis bacilli in their sputum
—are living with nine children and two other adults. These persons
always object to going into "the infirmary," regarding that institution
as a place from which they are never likely to return.
Amicable relations have been preserved with the General
Practitioners of the Borough, who send patients to the Dispensary
in considerable numbers. In conclusion I wish to express my
appreciation of the efficient way in which the Clerk and the Dispenser
have worked throughout the year, and to thank the Medical Officer
of Health for his kindly advice and help on numerous occasions."
D. M. CONNAN,
Assistant Tuberculosis Officer.