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Of the new cases notified during the year 54 were receiving
hospital, sanatorium, or other form of institutional treatment at
the time of notification.
At the end of 1930 there were 161 women and children nondispensary
patients (a decrease of 31 as compared with 1929),
including new cases notified during the year, on the register, and
1,224 visits were paid by the female Sanitary Inspector (Miss J.
Round) to the homes of these patients.
Efforts are made, in as many cases as possible, to induce nondispensary
patients to attend the Tuberculosis Dispensary, and
during the year, 58 cases were transferred, 37 of these being new cases.
Adult Male Patients.
There were 138 adult male patients not on the Dispensary roll
on the register at the end of 1930. There were 89 new cases notified
and 4 otherwise reported during 1930, and of these 27 died during
the year.

The homes of the patients were systematically visited
during the year by the District Sanitary Inspectors, and 330 visits,
including 86 first visits to new cases were paid. Twelve of the
new cases were found to have died on the first visit. Of the
new cases 45 received institutional treatment and 42 were transferred
to the Dispensary.
Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925.
The case of a milk roundsman who, in 1929 was notified to be
suffering from Tuberculosis, was considered by the Health Committee
and the Council.