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and nasal swabs, sputum and blood specimens, etc., were submitted,
and the following is a brief summary of the work undertaken:—
Positive
Negative
Total
Diphtheria 11 876 887
Tuberculosis 329 1,420 1,749
Typhoid 1 2 3
Miscellaneous 22 22
Totals 341 2,320 2,661
Vaccination
The annual return made by the vaccination officer to the Registrar
General respecting the vaccination of children whose births were
registered in the Borough during the year ended 31 December 1946
shews that of the 3,599 births so registered 1,909 or 53 per cent, were
successfully vaccinated.
Public Mortuary and Coroner's Court
The number of bodies taken to the Council's Public Mortuary
during the year was 500. Of this number 223 were received from
hospitals. Inquests were held in 141 cases.
Tuberculosis Dispensary Service
The attendances of persons examined at the Council's Tuberculosis
Dispensary was 12,170. Of this number, 2,547 were made by new cases
and 819 by contacts.
The number of definite cases of tuberculosis on the dispensary
register at the beginning of the year was 1,942, and 2,067 at the end
of the year.
The Council's tuberculosis health visitors paid 3,510 visits to the
homes of patients during the year.