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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
treatment, than for all cases treated. It is necessary, however,
to remember that a considerable amount of selection is exercised
in determining the suitable cases for either of these forms of
treatment, and the worst cases are not chosen. It Sanatorium
and Tuberculin treatment were of real benefit to patients of the
dispensary class, one would expect that the figures would compare
more favourably with those for all cases than they do. As
they stand, the results are disappointing, except perhaps, for
females treated with Tuberculin, but here the numbers dealt
with are really too small to form any definite conclusion.
Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis.—During the six years 1913
to 1918, 311 patients were classified as suffering from Tuberculosis
of some part of the body other than the lungs; in 218 the
disease was active at the initial examination, and in 63 it was
inactive.
The condition of these patients at the end of 1919 is shown
in Table LVIII.
The site of the lesion is shown for the active cases, but not
for the inactive ones, and the results of institutional and Tuberculin
treatment for all forms are shown at the bottom of the
table. The sexes have not been separated.