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modation could only be secured in 67 instances. There is
every reason to believe that the visits to the homes made by
the women inspectors, and the advice and instruction given
by them, proved beneficial. The establishment of a Central
Tuberculosis Dispensary in the Borough, and greater facilities
for the admission of suitable cases to Sanatoria, are urgently
needed.
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.
Facilities were continued for the examination of
specimens from doubtful cases of Diphtheria, Phthisis and
Typhoid Fever. The total number of specimens examined was
662, compared with 466 in the previous year. The details of
the examinations were as follows :—
1905. 1906 1907. 1908. 1909. 1910. 1911.
re Diphtheria negative 72 148 248 269 392 237 369
positive 34 68 93 144 146 79 125
doubtful 1 1 2 4 12 10 16
re Phthisis negative 22 41 55 50 48 74 79
positive 7 20 21 36 26 38 48
re Typhoid Fever negative 4 6 15 21 19 23 14
positive 2 3 3 9 2 5 11
doubtful — — — 1 2 — —
Food Samples, &c. 2 9 13 4 3 — —
Totals 144 296 450 538 650 466 662
SMALL-POX AND PLAGUE CONTACTS.
Information was received from various Port Medical
Officers of the arrival in this district of persons who had been
in contact with small-pox and plague patients, or had come
from an infected port. These persons were immediately visited,
and kept under observation during the full period of incubation.
In no case was there any development of the disease. The
number of contacts visited was :—Small-pox 8, and Plague 2.