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Artificial Sunlight Treatment.
During the year 7 patients received treatment for surgical
tuberculosis at the Council's artificial sunlight treatment centre
at Southlands (vide page 43). In 4 cases treatment was completed,
and 3 cases remained under treatment at the end of the year. The
average period of treatment in the completed cases was 71 days,
and the result of the treatment in these cases is shown on page 119.
The work is carried out by one of the Dispensary nurses under
the direction of the Tuberculosis Medical Officer.
Statistics.
In the Appendix (pages 129 to 135) will be found Form T. 145,
which contains the returns required by the Ministry of Health
of the work of the Dispensary during the year 1933, and Form T.
145a, which shows in a summarised form the condition of all patients
whose case records were in possession of the Dispensary at the end
of 1933, arranged according to the years (from 1921 to 1933) in
which the patients first came under public medical treatment for
pulmonary and non-pulmonary tuberculosis.
NON-DISPENSARY CASES.
The following particulars relate to notified cases of Tuberculosis
not on the roll of patients attending the Tuberculosis Dispensary,
some of whom were subsequently transferred to the Dispensary.
These cases are systematically visited by the male and female
Sanitary Inspectors.
Women and Children.
During 1933 the number of new cases notified (including 9
notified after death) and not attending the Tuberculosis Dispensary
was 83 (women 63, children 20). There were 13 other cases among
women and children which came to the knowledge of the Medical
Officer of Health, 6 upon registration of the deaths and 7 by
information as to the removal of the patient into the Borough.
There were 30 deaths (including 10 of tubercular meningitis)
recorded amongst these 96 cases. In 17 cases death had occurred
prior to the first visit and 13 deaths were subsequently recorded
during the year.
The following table gives the age and sex distribution of the
96 women and children (non-dispensary cases) notified or otherwise
reported to be suffering from Tuberculosis (all forms) during
1933