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OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
No cases were notified.
TUBERCULOSIS.
The table on page 41 gives details of the number of new cases,
the deaths, the age and sex of the patients, and the wards to which
they belong.
The total of 60 cases compares with 72, 67, 69, 36 and 55 in the
preceding five years. There were 43 deaths.
In addition to the 60 new cases there were 24 definite cases
transferred from other areas, 1 case restored to the register, and
at the end of the year the number of notified cases in the area was
116 Pulmonary Males, 111 Pulmonary Females, 31 nonPulmonary
Males, and 28 non-Pulmonary Females ; a total of 286
cases, which compares with 278 last year. 86 cases were placed off
the register for the following reasons : died, 42 ; cured, 11 ; withdrawn
(not T.B.), 2 ; left area, 31.
Notification.—In 8 cases notification was not made until after
death, 5 being cases of pulmonary tuberculosis; in 2 of these the
diagnosis was made after a post mortem.
The non-pulmonary cases were 2 of meningitis in children aged
2 years and 10 years respectively, and one of peritonitis in a female
aged 66.
Home Visits.—The Health Visitors call upon new or transferred
cases which are likely to require treatment through the Dispensary,
and advise them how to obtain treatment and upon precautions to
take against the spread of infection. The Nurses made 543 visits to
cases on the register, and 80 out of the notified and transferred
cases were visited.
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