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non-notified tuberculosis deaths to total tuberculosis deaths was therefore
as one is to five. The corresponding ratio for 1933 was 1:6.
Making allowance for difficult and doubtful cases in which a diagnosis
cannot be established until after death, the notification of tuberculosis
is carried out fairly efficiently in the Borough.
Cases of Tuberculosis in the Borough.—The Public Health (Tuberculosis)
Regulations, 1930, provide that the Medical Officer of Health
shall furnish to the County Medical Officer, as soon as practicable after
the end of each quarter, a statement compiled from the register of notifications
showing :—
{a.) The number of cases of Tuberculosis on the Register at the
commencement of the quarter;
(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
(f.) 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 duties of Tuberculosis Visitor in the Borough
are undertaken by the staff of Brompton Hospital. A grant of £50 per
annum is paid by the Borough Council for this service. The
Tuberculosis Visitor in the course of the year paid 113 visits to nondispensary
cases of Tuberculosis.
Visits made to Dispensary cases of Tuberculosis are recorded in Table
No. 49.