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TUBERCULOSIS.
The Borough Tuberculosis Dispensary.
The Council's Tuberculosis Dispensary is situated at 19,
Brunswick Square, S.E.5.
The following table gives information as to the sessions held:—
Monday, 10 to 12 noon, 2 to 5 p.m.
Tuesday, 10 to 12 noon, 2 to 5 p.m. (Afternoon session—children only.)
Wednesday, 10 to 12 noon, 2 to 5 p.m.
Thursday, 10 to 12 noon, 2 to 5 p.m., 6 to 8 p.m. (Evening session for those
employed during the day.)
Saturday, 10 to 11 a.m. (Children only.)
Notification of Tuberculosis.
During the year 290 new cases of pulmonary and 73 new cases
of non-pulmonary tuberculosis were notified. No instances
occurred of wilful neglect or refusal to notify during the year.
In addition to the cases formally notified, 66 cases of tuberculosis
came to the knowledge of the Health Department in 1933
in the following manner:—
Thirty-two cases were transferred from areas outside the
Borough; 21 cases through the agency of the death returns,
and the receipt of 13 posthumous notifications.
Mortality from Tuberculosis
Pulmonary tuberculosis was responsible for 221 deaths, and
other tuberculous disease for 22 deaths in 1933.
In recent years the number of deaths from all forms of tuberculosis
was as follows:—
1928 279
1931 268
1929 280
1932 248
1930 265
1933 243
The ratio of non-notified tuberculosis deaths to the total
tuberculosis deaths was 1 to 11.57, as compared with 1 to 8.55 in
1932, 1 to 11.65 in 1931, and 1 to 10.6 in 1930.

The following table gives particulars of new cases of tuberculosis
and of deaths from the disease as given by the Registrar-
Generalin Camberwell during 1933:—