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The third case was a child, aged 5 years, who had had tuberculosis
of the glands six weeks. In this case there was a record of
tuberculosis in the family. The child was being treated at home.
As in other parts of the Combined District, notifications of cases
of tuberculosis are generally sent direct to the Sanitary Inspector,
who thereupon visits the house, inquires into its sanitary condition,
directs the patient and friends as to the precautions necessary to
prevent the spread of the disease, and carries out any disinfection
required, and where the condition of the premises is such as to make
the intervention of the sanitary authority desirable the owner is
called upon to carry out necessary repairs.
Where Sanatorium treatment is desired, the Medical Attendant
is advised to get into communication with the Tuberculosis Officer
for that district, and is handed his name and address and hours of
attendance, and it is suggested that he should arrange a consultation
for his patient.
On receipt of an intimation that a patient has been received into
a Public Institution, the Sanitary Inspector again visits the house
and offers to disinfect the rooms vacated by the patient, and any
clothing or bedding that the householder may desire to have disinfected.
Unless some circumstance arises which necessitates further
visits, no re-inspections are made.
On receipt of the returns from the Registrar, any deaths from
tuberculosis are noted and an advice is immediately sent to the
Sanitary Inspector, who visits the house, disinfects the premises,
and where there are sanitary defects asks the owner to remedy them.
On three occasions during 1914 the Council have paid compensation
for bedding destroyed to families having had cases of
tuberculosis in the house.
B. NON-NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Measles, Whooping-cough, Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2
years), and Influenza. There were no deaths from any of these
diseases during 1914.
C. OTHER DISEASES.
There were 14 deaths from cancer during the year, which is the
highest number in any year since the district was formed, and is
equal to a rate of 1.53 per 1,000 of population, compared with
1.00 in 1913. All the deaths were of adults over 45 years of age,
and six were persons over 65.
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