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Diphtheria.
Immunisation.
During the year 837 children were immunised against Diphtheria.
Of these 616 were pre-school children and 221 were school children.
By the end of the year approximately 56 per cent. of the children
under 5 years of age and 85 per cent. of school children in the Borough
were immunised.
Tuberculosis.
New Cases and Mortality during 1943.
During the year, 1943, 139 new cases of Tuberculosis were notified,
126 being cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, and 13 of other forms
of the disease.
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930.
There were 471 Pulmonary and 81 Non-pulmonary cases of
tuberculosis known to the Department at the end of the year 1943.
Municipal Tuberculosis Dispensary.
During the year, 156 Sessions were held, and 448 new cases (of
which 31 were contacts) were examined. Altogether, 779 patients
attended the Dispensary in 1943, and the total number of attendances
of all kinds numbered 2,362, an average of 15.1 per session. The
attendances were 130 less than last year.
The Tuberculosis Officer made 32 visits to the homes of patients,
and the Tuberculosis Nurse made 1,424 visits.
During the year 62 patients received artificial pneumothorax treatment,
16 patients were in receipt of extra nourishment provided by the