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1929
30
Pulmonary. Non-Pulmonary.
Number of Cases of M. F. Total M. F. Total Total
T.B. on the Register
at the commencement
of the 4th Quarter. 109 106 215 25 16 41 256
Number of Cases
notified for the first
time during the 4th
Quarter. 8 7 15-1 1 16
Number of Cases
removed from the
Register during the
4th Quarter. 17 8 1-1 9
Number of Cases remaining on the
Register at the end
of the 4th Quarter. 116 106 222 24 17 41 263
During the year the Tuberculosis Officer removed 67 cases
of pulmonary Tuberculosis and 13 cases of non-pulmonary Tuberculosis
from the Register. These are of course in addition to the
cases removed on account of death. In the beginning of the year
a complete revision of the register was made and in the returns
for the first quarter 52 cases of pulmonary and 11 cases of nonpulmonary
Tuberculosis were removed from the register.
During the year, the Tuberculosis Officer examined 56 new
cases of pulmonary Tuberculosis and 6 new cases of non-pulmonary
Tuberculosis. 37 patients were admitted to Sanatoria under the
County Scheme and 26 were admitted to Hospitals.
Ccrebro-Spinal Fever.
6 cases of Cerebro-Spinal Fever occurred and there were
5 deaths.
4 of the cases were notified in the end of July or the beginning
of August, and as their occurrence was in some quarters
associated with the Public Baths, I append the special report
which was made upon these cases.
(l) F. K. age 10 years. Notification dated 26.7.1929.
Death 27.7.29.
This child was taken ill on Monday evening July 22nd and
was seen in the house by a doctor on July 23rd. She was admitted
to the Acton Hospital on July 24th and died on July 27th.
The Meningo-coccus was isolated from the Cerebro-Spinal
Fluid by Dr. Braxton Hicks. This was the only examination
made of the Cerebro-Spinal Fluid; a specimen was not sent to Dr.
Teale of the University College Hospital.
(Dr. Braxton Hicks is the pathologist and bacteriologist to