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and Penge Joint Maternity Home, and five in private Nursing
Homes. No outbreak occurred in any of the Nursing Homes.
TYPHOID FEVER.
One case of Typhoid Fever was notified during the year.
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
Two cases were notified.
TUBERCULOSIS.
The total of 66 cases compares with 71, 60, 72, 67 and 69 in the
preceding five years.
In addition to the 66 new cases there were 27 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:—
146 Pulmonary Males, 134 Pulmonary Females, 46 nonPulmonary
Males, and 38 non-Pulmonary Females; a total of 364
cases, which compares with 309 last year. 42 cases were placed off
the register for the following reasons: died, 21; cured, 3; left
area, 18.
Notification.—In 1 case notification was not made until after
death.
Institutional Treatment.—The Kent County Council provided
in-patient treatment in Sanatoria for 67 cases during the year,
and 9 patients were admitted to Farnborough Hospital for short
periods.
Dispensary Treatment.—The following figures provided by Dr.
S. Roy C. Price, the Tuberculosis Officer, indicate some of the
work done at the Dispensary during 1939

27 "contacts" were examined and all were found to be
negative.
67 patients completed a course of residential treatment during
1939.
Care Committee.–The Voluntary Tuberculosis Care Committee
has given considerable assistance to patients in ways which are
outside the scope of the official schemes.
PUBLIC HEALTH (PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS)
REGULATIONS, 1925.
No occasion has arisen during the year to exercise the powers
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