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1928
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that the patients were having a very comfortable and very happy
time in the Hospital. These facts contributed towards the
attitude of the contacts. When the later cases occurred they
bluntly informed me that they preferred the disease to
re-vaccination and some of them even admitted that they would
welcome a few weeks stay in Hospital under the conditions which
obtained. The work of these men is casual and they can return
to it after their discharge from Hospital. There is not the fear
that their job will be taken by another; at the worst, they will
go away and seek work elsewhere when they are discharged from
the Hospital.
Fortunately, most of them had been re-vaccinated during
the war. Most of the men were middle-aged and had served in
the war and had been re-vaccinated then. Some of the contacts
were vagrants and the movements of these could not be
ascertained. Frequently lists of the vagrants are sent,
especially. when a case has occurred or has been found in the
Union Workhouse. For the purpose of tracing these contacts
these lists are not of much value. The vagrants do not give
their real names, and when enquiries are made about them, they
are not known by the name given. Sometimes, it is doubtful if
they remember their proper name. They have been known for
a long time by a nick-name and to their intimates their surname
at any rate is not known.
Tuberculosis.
72 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis and 14 cases of other
forms of tuberculosis were notified during the year.
There were 37 deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis and 11
from other forms of tuberculosis. There was a decrease of 18
in the number of deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis compared
with 1927, but an increase of 2 from other forms of tuberculosis.

Isolation Hospital.
During the year 400 cases were admitted into the Hospital
compared with 247 in 1927. On January 1st, 1928, there were
35 cases under treatment and on January 1st, 1929, there were
48. 387 were discharged and there were 9 deaths.