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information upon the sanitary official; and the advice which he
can offer is not likely to be heeded if the patient doubts whether
he is suffering from the disease.
In practically all the cases the diagnosis was confirmed by
a bacteriological examination of the sputa. In 2 instances the
patients were dead within two or three days of notification; and
in 4 instances the patient had been removed to the Infirmary or
to Hospital by the time a notification certificate reached us. In
4 cases the patient had left the address from which they were
notified.
54 of the notified cases were recorded as insured under the
Insurance Act.
5 of the sufferers notified were serving in the Army, and 5
were school children.
There has been a noteworthy improvement in the number of
sufferers notified who have been removed to Hospitals and
Sanatoria during the past year.
Judging from the deaths from Consumption, which numbered
51, there must have been, at least, 200 sufferers from the disease
in the Borough during the year, and of those 88 were notified.
In the absence of sufficient provision to isolate the advanced
cases which are notified to me, the infection spreads in some of
the homes in Stoke Newington, and this will remain so until
more comprehensive measures are adopted.
Nurse A. A. Agar, who was appointed during the year to
give part-time services in connection with the Tuberculosis work
within the Borough, commenced her duties on August 9th.
From that date to the end of the year, acting under the instruction
of the Medical Officer (Dr. West), of the Tuberculosis Dispensary,
and myself, she had dealt with 75 different cases, making in all
181 visits.