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Special appointments are held daily to suit the convenience of those who cannot attend at the stated hours
and in cases where the consultation is likely to be a
lengthy one.
• On 1st January, 1935, the number of patients on the
Dispensary Register was 759.
During the year 64 definite cases of the disease were
transferred from other areas into the Hammersmith
district and 64 moved out of this district or were lost sight
of. Twenty-nine were written off the register as being
cured cases who had previously been notified as suffering
from tuberculosis.
New Patients.
During the year 869 persons attended for examination
for the first time, 407 males and 462 females. Of these,
295 were under the age of fifteen and 574 were adults.
Of the total 212 were referred to the Dispensary by
local practitioners for the purpose of consultation and 478
were " contacts " of persons suffering from Tuberculosis.
Patients attend the dispensary on the recommendation
of other patients, at the request of various voluntary
societies, after discharge from hospitals and sanatoria, on
the advice of general practitioners practising in the Borough
or on their own initiative.