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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, 1936, the number of patients on the
Dispensary Register was 805.
During the year 59 definite eases of the disease were
transferred from other areas into the Hammersmith
district and 86 moved out of this district or were lost sight
of. Thirty-two were written off the register as being cured
cases who had previously been notified as suffering from
tuberculosis.
New Patients
During the year 764 persons attended for examination
for the first time, 369 males and 395 females. Of these,
253 were under the age of fifteen and 511 were adults.
Of the total 175 were referred to the Dispensary by
local practitioners for the purpose of consultation and 366
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.