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Many of the worst cases of overcrowding were relieved by
provision of beds or shelters. As in previous years, ordinary
sanitary defects were notified to the Public Health Department
for appropriate action.
Notifications— Black
Deaths—Red.
The inked in part of each column represents the proportion
of the total referable to Dispensary cases.
Graph.—In place of the usual ten year tables of deaths and
notifications a block graph is submitted which gives a striking
picture of the decline in the notifications (possible incidence) of
tuberculosis for 1926 to 1935 inclusive. The total for 1935 may
be seen to be almost exactly half of that for 1926.
A distinct decline in mortality is another feature well shown.
This decline however is by no means proportional to the drop in
notifications.