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During the year the Tuberculosis Care Committee has met
weekly at "Southlands," and much valuable work has been done
in this connection by way of assisting patients and their families
in various ways. Extra nourishment has been supplied to patients
as an aid to treatment in necessitous cases on the recommendation
of the Care Committee, and patients have been referred to various
charitable organisations for financial and other assistance. As in
previous years it has been found a matter of the greatest difficulty
to find employment for tuberculous patients who are out of work,
and with but few exceptions the efforts of the Care Committee in
this direction have been unavailing.
During the year 644 new patients, including 21 transfer cases
from other areas, attended the Dispensary, the figures for five years
(1926-1930) being:-
1926 1927 1928 1929 1930
707 656 647 731 644
Of the 644 new patients 192 were found to be suffering from
Pulmonary Tuberculosis and 41 from Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
In Table I. the Pulmonary cases are grouped under two
headings:—
(1) Group T.B. Minus. In those cases Tubercle Bacilli
have never been found to be present in the sputum.
(2) Group T.B. Plus. In those cases Tubercle Bacilli have
been found in the sputum at some time.
Group T.B. Plus is sub-divided under three headings:—
Group I—early cases.
Group II—intermediate cases.
Group III—advanced cases.
Table I shows the age period of the new patients.