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II.—SUNDRY PARTICULARS IN CONNECTION WITH THE
SCHEME OF TREATMENT.
1. Name of Hospital to which Special Cases are Middlesex Hospital.
referred from the Dispensary or Dispensaries
for diagnosis or treatment
2. Is any provision for the home nursing of Tuber- District Nursing Association. The Dis-
culous Patients made in connection with the pensary also has a Sister of its own
Dispensary or Dispensaries ? If so who carries out supervision visits.
(1) State the general nature of the arrangement (1) Communication with Matron.
(2) What qualifications are the Nurses required (2) Certificated.
to possess ?
(3) Do they carry out other work ? If so, what ? (3) Yes, District Nursing.
(4) Are their services available for Insured and (4) Yes.
Uninsured Patient9 ?
(5) If so (a) by what procedure are their services (5) (a) The Tuberculosis Officer commu-
secnred for individual patients ? nicates with the Superintendent of the
above Association.
(b) Under whose instructions do they perform (b) The Superintendent of the above
the actual duties of nursing in an indi- Association and the Tuberculosis
vidual case ? Officer.
3. If no provision of nursing is made in connection Sister attached to Dispensary visits homes
with the Dispensary or Dispensaries is any of definite and suspected cases of Pul-
such provision contemplated ? If so, give monary Tuberculosis.
particulars
4. State number of Shelters provided by the Council (1) Miss Bruce.
or by the Dispensary Authorities up to 31st
December, 1920, for lending out to Patients
for use at their own homes
Deaths from Phthisis.—Some reference has already been made to the matter
of deaths from tuberculosis and at this point it is proposed only to deal with the
figures relating to tuberculosis of the lungs (consumption or phthisis).
During 1920, the total number certified as due to this cause was 94, the deathrate
being 0'9 per 1000.
That this is the lowest figure for a number of years is shown in the table given
below. Christ Church, though, as usual, it heads the list, was the district in which
the fall that brought about the general reduction took place.