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Of the new cases notified during the year 37 were receiving
hospital, sanatorium, or other form of institutional treatment at
the time of notification.
At the end of 1931 there were 155 women and children nondispensary
patients (a decrease of 6 as compared with 1930),
including new cases notified during the year, on the register, and
1,173 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, 65 cases were transferred, 54 of these being new cases.
Adult Male Patients.
There were 140 adult male patients not on the Dispensary roll
on the register at the end of 1931. There were 82 new cases notified
(including 8 notified after death) and 15 otherwise reported during
1931, and of these 28 died during the year.

The homes of the patients were systematically visited
during the year by the District Sanitary Inspectors, and 250 visits,
including 90 first visits to new cases were paid. Sixteen of the
new cases were found to have died on the first visit. Of the
new cases 51 received institutional treatment and 30 were transferred
to the Dispensary.
Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925.
No action was found necessary under the provisions of these
Regulations during 1931.