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Four cases of mixed infection were admitted to hospital, ar..i
no instance of cross-infection occurred during the year.
TUBERCULOSIS.
Administrative Arrangements.—Under the Essex County Council
(the responsible authority for the treatment of tuberculosis), the
Medical Officer of Health of Barking continued as Tuberculosa
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, and Liverpool
Road Hospital, Islington.
A suggestion made towards the end of 1925 that certain
cubicles at the Infectious Hospital be set apart by arrangement
with the County Council for the segregation of advanced cases of
pulmonary tuberculosis where home conditions were unsatisfactory
was declined approval during the following year.
The number of notified cases on the register on December 31st.
1926, was 896, compared with 793 for the corresponding period
the preceding year.
During the year 1926 133 notifications were received of all
forms of tuberculosis—pulmonary 113, and non-pulmonary 20—
representing a notification rate of 3.41 compared with 2.08 for
1925.
Information was received of the removal into the district of five
tuberculoid persons.