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The proportion of known tuberculosis in the Borough which is
dealt with through the Dispensary continues to be satisfactorily high,
as is shown by the following estimate :—
(1) Total Primary Notifications, 1915 546
(2) Total new cases seen at Dispensary and
diagnosed as tuberculous, 1915 459
Practically all the cases in (2) may be reckoned as included
in (1).
Therefore approximately 84 per cent, of the cases notified in
the Borough in 1915 were seen by the Medical Officer to the
Tuberculosis Dispensary.
In 1915 417 new cases were treated through, as well as being
seen, at the Dispensary.
An estimate of the number of new cases which it was advisable
should receive treatment from the public health authority in 1915 maybe
made as follows :—
Total primary notifications (1914) 546
Less one-eighth occurring in houses of rental
estimated over £35 per annum (cases only
seen therefore in consultation) 68
Therefore new cases occurring in 1915 which
presumably required treatment through the
Dispensary 478
And actual cases treated through Dispensary 417
i.e., 87 per cent
Thus allowing for unavoidable errors it may be assumed that
during 1915 approximately 87 per cent, of the fresh cases occurring
amongst the class where Dispensary treatment was desirable were
actually treated through the Dispensary.