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Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis.—The 28 (corrected) nonpulmonary
notifications included:—
2 cases of Tuberculosis of Peripheral Glands.
11 „ „ Bones and Joints.
1 „ ,, Abdomen.
14 „ „ Other Organs.
Deaths from Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis, of which there
were 12, included 2 of Bones and Joints; 1 of Abdominal Tuberculosis; 7 of Meningitis; and 2 of other organs.
The Public Health(Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925.—These Regulations give power to a Local Authority
to prevent patients suffering from Tuberculosis in an infective stage
from handling milk under conditions which might give rise to the
danger of the spread of infection through the medium of milk.
During the year no case arose which required the attention of the
Council.
Artificial Sunlight Clinic(Tuberculosis Section).
At the close of 1932 there were 37 patients under treatment;
during the year 75 new cases were sent from the Dispensary, making
a total of 112. Discharges numbered 79, leaving 24 under treatment
on 31st December, 1933.

The treatments numbered 2,406 and as usual all the patients
were kept under strict clinical supervision, being examined every
month at the Dispensary and seen weekly at the Sunlight Centre.