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discontinue any occupation involving the handling of milk when
they are found to be suffering from this disease in an infectious
state.
It was not necessary to take any action under these Regulations
during the year under review.
Disinfection (Tuberculosis).
Disinfection of rooms and their contents is offered in all cases
of death from pulmonary tuberculosis occurring at home and
where patients were removed to hospital or sanatorium for treatment.
Propaganda.
The general public are gradually becoming alive to the dangers
of tuberculosis and the campaign of education, directed from the
Tuberculosis Dispensary by means of leaflet distribution and
personal advice, endeavours to teach sufferers from this disease not
only to regulate their own lives, but also to take every precaution
to safeguard from infection those who come in contact with them.
So long as a consumptive patient is able to get about and is
careful to carry out the instructions of the Tuberculosis Officer,
he is not to any extent a menace to the community. The helpless
bedridden consumptive is the danger and requires supervision and
nursing to prevent the spread of infection to other members of the
household.
Compulsory hospital treatment for advanced cases of tuberculosis
is essential to prevent infection being conveyed to other
persons, where the home conditions do not allow of segregation in
a separate room and constant nursing attention, particularly in
cases where children are compelled to live and sleep in the same
room as the patient.
Tuberculosis.
During the year under review 367 cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
and 72 cases of Non-Pulmonary were notified for the first
time. In addition to these, 60 cases of Tuberculosis came to the
notice of the Department otherwise than by notification. The
sources of information were as follows: —
"Transfers" from other areas now living in the Borough 44
Death Returns from local Registrars and Registrar-General 4
Posthumous notifications 8
In 1935 the number of deaths registered from Pulmonary
Tuberculosis and Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis were 166 and 26
respectively, representing a mortality rate from these causes of
0.82 per 1,000 inhabitants.