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(b.) The number of cases notified under the Regulations for the
first time during the Quarter ;
(c.) The number of cases removed from the Register during a
preceding Quarter which have been restored to the Register during
the Quarter, giving the name and address of each such case and
the reasons for the restoration ;
(d.) The number of cases added to the Register during the Quarter
which have been brought to notice otherwise than by notification
under the Regulations;
(e.) The number of cases removed from the Register during the
Quarter giving the name and address of each such case and the reason
for such removal; and
(/.) The number of cases remaining on the register at the end
of the Quarter.
The returns made in accordance with these Regulations show that
the numbers of cases of Tuberculosis in the Borough on 31st December
last were as follows :—

(The register of Notifications contains particulars of all persons who
have been notified to the Medical Officer of Health as suffering from
Tuberculosis. It should be distinguished from the Dispensary Register
referred to in Table 49 which contains the names of all persons attending
at, or seen in connection with, the Dispensary for diagnosis and treatment).
Home Visiting.—The Tuberculosis Visitor in the course of the year
paid 130 visits to non-dispensary cases of Tuberculosis.
Visits made to Dispensary cases of Tuberculosis are recorded in Table
49.
Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925.—
The Regulations provide, inter alia, that no person suffering from respiratory
tuberculosis who is in an infectious condition, shall be engaged
in any form of dairy work involving the milking of cows, the treatment
of milk or the handling of milk containers. Investigations in
connection with these Regulations have been made in the Borough
but no case calling for action has thus far been discovered.
Chelsea Tuberculosis Scheme.—Table No. 49, subjoined, is prepared
in accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of Health.