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The following summary gives the position at the end of 1924 of the 92 new
cases respecting which information was received during the year:—
Dead 23
Cases removed to Hospital and still in-patients at the end
of year 10
Out-patients at Hospitals 2
In-patients in Sanatoria at end of year 12
In-patients in Infirmary 9
Not traced—Incorrect addresses 4
Removed from Borough 15
Dispensary Treatment 2
Home Treatment 11
Away with relatives in country 1
Improved- (No medical attendance now) 2
Treatment and Training Colony 1
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Thirty-two of the 92 cases attended the Holborn Tuberculosis Dispensary.
The following indicates the reasons for non-attendance in the remaining
cases:—
Removed to Hospitals, etc., for treatment without prior
attendance at Dispensary 35
Out-patients at other Hospitals or Dispensaries 3
Dead before notification 7
Treatment at home by private doctor 4
Not traced 4
Removed from Borough 7
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Delayed Notification.
The Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912, require notification within
48 hours of the medical practitioner first becoming aware that the person is
suffering from tuberculosis. It is still found that medical practitioners do not
notify cases of this disease until tubercle bacilli have been found in the sputum
and in a number of cases notifications are not received until the death of the
patient or shortly before death takes place. In the past year seven cases were
notified only at death, five within one month of death, six within three months
and one within six months of death. Of the seven cases notified a death four
died in Poor Law Institutions, one in hospital, and two at home.