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arrangement probably also from neighbouring districts, at
considerable less expense than it could be reconstructed tor the
treatment of infectious disease.
The continued use for maternity work of part of the limited
space at the district's disposal forr the treatment of infectious
disease should, of course, be remedied as soon as circumstances
permit.
TUBERCULOSIS.
Administrative Arrangements.— Under the Essex County
Council (the responsible authority for the treatment of
tuberculosis), the Medical Officer of Health of Barking continued
2& Tuberculosis Officer for the district during the year. The
administrative arrangements for dealing with tuberculosis in the
area include:—
(a) A dispensary used on two half-days per week,
(b) Garden shelters for suitable cases,
(c) Sanatorium accommodation for surgical tuberculosis,
(d) Sanatorium accommodation for suitable early pulmonary
cases, and in some instances the more advanced,
(e) Accommodation for a number of bedridden and advanced
cases at St. Joseph's Hospice, Hackney.
A suggestion was made towards the end of the vear that
certain cubicles at the Infectious Hospital he set apart by
arrangement with the County Council for the segregation of
advanced cases of pulmonary tuberculosis where home conditions
were unsatisfactory and not conducive to the best interests of
the patient's family. This question, an urgent one as concerns
this district, was under consideration at the end of the year.
I he number of notified cases on the register on December
3lst, 1925, was 793, compared with 746 for the corresponding
Period of the preceding year.
During the year 1925 80 notifications were received of all
forms of tuberculosis—pulmonary 57, and non-pulmonary 23—
representing a notification rate of 2.08, compared with an average
notification rate of 2.5 for the quinquennium ending December,
1925.
Information was received of the removal into the district of
wee tuberculous persons, whilst one case not counted the
previous year was traced in the district.