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for Obstetrics and recommended for admission to the Mayday Hospital
under his care. After their confinement these patients are
transferred to a sanatorium to the mutual benefit of the mother and
baby. If interference with the course of pregnancy is not considered
necessary or advisable and the patient requires sanatorium
treatment this is arranged for a period prior to admission to the
Hospital.
The Clinic Register of Cases.
The number of cases of tuberculosis under the supervision of
the Clinic at the end of the year was 904. This is equivalent to
3.75 persons per 1,000 of the population.
The Clinic Register has been revised yearly during the past
seven years, so as to make it a correct record of the cases in the
Borough who are under the supervision of the Clinic. This has
necessitated a lot of work in following up old cases, some of whom
had not been seen for a number of years. By this yearly revision
the Eegister is kept a "live" one.
During the year 124 Clinic cases died; of this number, 39 or
31.4% were seen for the first time in 1934.
Examination of Sputum.
This is done by the Council's Bacteriologist in the Laboratory
at the Croydon General Hospital.

For each 100 new cases and contacts examined at the
'nic 80 specimens of sputum were examined.