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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
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A Dispensary Sub-Committee was appointed by the Public
Health Committee to arrange the details in connection with the
scheme, and at various times reports were mads by this Sub-Committee
especially with reference to the appointment of officers and
the acquiring of suitable premises.
Since the close of the year 1912 all the Officers have been
appointed, proper premises acquired, and the Dispensary will be
opened at the end of March, 1913.
Notification of Pulmonary Tuberculosis under the Local
Government Board's Order of December, 1908.
229 cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis were notified during the
year, 42 of these belonging to Clapham, nine to Putney, 33 to Streatham,
46 to Tooting, and 99 to Wandsworth, compared with 288 cases
in 1911, 219 in 1910, and 317 in 1909.
Of the 229 cases, 24 were from five to 15 years of age, 24 from
15 to 25 years, 87 from 25 to 45 years, 70 from 45 to 65 years, and
24 over 65 years.
The following Table shows the number of these cases notified,
and also the number of times they were notified:—
TABLE LIX.