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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 for diagnosis or
treatment
2. Is any provision for the home nursing of Tuber- No. Application can be made to the District
culous Patients made in connection with the Nursing Association
Dispensary? If so
(1) State the general nature of the arrangement (1) Note sent to Matron from Dispensary.
(2) What qualifications are the Nurses required (2) Fully trained.
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 Patient?
(5) If so (a) by what procedure are their services (5) (a) As above.
secured for individual patients?
(6) Under whose instructions do they perform (b) Matron of Nursing Association and
the actual duties of nursing in an indiTuberculosis Officer.
vidual case?
3. If no provision of nursing is made in connection
with the Dispensary is any such provision
contemplated? If so, give particulars?
4. State number of Shelters provided by the Council
or by the Dispensary Authorities.up to 31st None.
December, 1922, 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 1922 the total number certified as due to this cause was 98, the deathrate
being 0.9 per 1,000. The distribution of the deaths according to registration
districts is shown in the accompanying table, which gives also the figures for each of
the 5 years 1918-1922.