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Institutional reatment.—Admissions to hospital or sanatorium during the year numbered 141.
Maintenance Allowances.—The scheme of maintenance allowances, etc., for tuberculous persons and their dependents,
prescribed by Ministry of Health Memorandum 266/T, continued to operate smoothly and to attain its object
of encouraging aging patients to secure early treatment and to stay in sanatorium until maximum benefit has been obtained.
During the year, 53 patients applied for assistance and in 49 cases financial aid, totalling £2,399 13s. 10d., was afforded.
Government Rehabilitation Scheme.—Twenty-seven patients were referred under this scheme to the Local Office
of the Ministry of Labour and National Service.
Care Committee.—The Committee held 11 meetings and dealt with 308 cases.
Disinfection.—During the year 584 rooms and 28,071 articles (including 311 books) were disinfected after infectious
diseases generally.
Bacteriological Examinations.-Table 9 shows the number of specimens examined for the purposes of diagnosis
and indicates also the organisms in relation to which the examinations were made.