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Thirty-eight persons of this class were notified as suffering from
consumption on admission to infirmaries, and 31 deaths were recorded.
The International Congress on Tuberculosis was held last year at
Washington, and the following resolutions were unanimously adopted:—
(1) That the attention of the States and Central Governments
be called to the importance of proper laws for the obligatory notification
by medical attendants to the proper Health Authorities of
all cases of tuberculosis coming to their notice, and for the registration
of such cases in order to enable the Health Authorities to put
in operation adequate measures for the prevention of the disease.
(2) That the utmost efforts should be continued in the struggle
against tuberculosis, to prevent the conveyance from man to man
of tuberculous infection as the most important source of the disease.
(3) That preventive measures be continued against bovine
tuberculosis, and that the possibility of the propagation of this to
man be recognised.
(4) That we urge upon the public and upon all Governments
the establishment of hospitals for the treatment of advanced cases
of tuberculosis; the establishment of sanatoria for curable cases,
and the establishment of dispensaries and day and night camps for
ambulant cases of tuberculosis which cannot enter hospitals and
sanatoria.
(5) That this Congress endorses such well-considered legislation
for the regulation of factories and workshops, the abolition of
premature and injurious labour of women and children, and the
securing of sanitary dwellings, as will increase the resisting power
of the community to tuberculosis and other diseases.
(6) That instruction in personal and school hygiene should be
given in all schools for the professional training of teachers. That
whenever possible such instruction in elementary hygiene should
be entrusted to properly qualified medical instructors.
(7) That colleges and universities should be urged to establish
courses in hygiene and sanitation, and also to include these
subjects among their entrance requirements in order to stimulate
useful elementary instruction in the lower schools.
(8) That the Congress endorses and recommends the establishment
of playgrounds as an important means of preventing tuberculosis
through their influence upon health and resistance to disease.
The special steps which the City Council has taken in dealing with
this matter are specified below:—
Notification.—One hundred and fifty-five notifications were received
in 1908; the numbers in previous years were: 1903, 123; 1904,
148; 1905,112; 1906, 78; 1907, 110. Sixty-nine of the patients.