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[1933
At the Northern Dispensary there were 668 new cases, and at the Southern
469, while the attendances at the former were 3,426 and at the latter 4,091. The
examination of contacts with tuberculous cases showed that 24 were suffering from
tuberculosis, 35 were suspects, and 350 were not suffering'. The nurses of the
Northern Dispensary paid 1,302 visits, and those of the Southern 2,240, to the
homes of the patients, while the Tuberculosis Officer of the Northern Dispensary
made 177 visits, and of the Southern 213 visits to the patients' homes for the
purpose of examining them.
Pneumothorax Treatment was also administered to thirty-seven patients
at a cost of £181 11s. 0d.
Finsen Light Treatment. -One case at a cost of five shillings.
Artificial Sunlight Treatment.—One case under treatment in the year
under review at a cost of seven shillings.