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The contributions of patients who were sent away for appropriate
institutional treatment, collected by the Dispensary and
remitted to the London County Council, amounted to £640 5s. 7d.
NON-DISPENSARY CASES.
The following particulars relate to notified cases of Tuberculosis
not on the roll of patients attending the Tuberculosis Dispensary,
some of whom were subsequently transferred to the Dispensary.
These cases are systematically visited by the male and female
Sanitary Inspectors.
Women and Children.
During 1927 the number of new cases notified and not attending
the Tuberculosis Dispensary was 104 (women 65, children 39).
Of this number, after correction and adjustment of the figures
as to cases not traced, transferred to the Dispensary and to other
districts, and cases in regard to which no information could be
obtained, the following particulars are given:—
There were 19 deaths recorded amongst these 104 cases. In
8 cases death had occurred prior to the first visit and 11 deaths were
subsequently recorded during the year. In addition there were
10 deaths of unnotified cases, not included in the above 104 cases.
The following table gives the age and sex distribution of the
104 women and children non-dispensary cases notified to be suffering
from Tuberculosis (all forms) during 1927:—