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The number of reports sent in by Insurance medical
titioners on their domiciliary cases. (Form G.P- 36) was 449. This
is a duty laid on all Medical men accepting service under the
National Health Insurance Act.
Pregnancy and Tuberculosis.
Women suffering from Pulmonary Tuberculosis who become
pregnant are referred to the Assistant Medical Officer of Health
for Obstetrics and usually recommended for admission to Mayday
Hospital under his care. After their confinement these patients
are advised to enter a sanatorium. If interference with the course
of pregnancy is not considered necessary or advisable and the
patient requires sanatorium treatment this is arrange for a period
prior to admission to Hospital for confinement.
The Clinic Register of Cases.
The number of cases of Tuberculosis under the supervision of
the Clinic at the end of the year was 852. This is equivalent to
3.51 persons per 1,000 of the population.
The Clinic Register is revised annually, so as to make it a
correct record of the cases in the Borough who are under the supervision
of the clinic.
During the year 124 Clinic cases died; of this number, 27 or
21.7% were seen for the first time in 1937.
Examination of Sputum.
This is done by the Council's part-time Bacteriologist in the
Laboratory at the Croydon General Hospital.

For each 100 new cases and contacts examine at the clinic
146 specimens of sputum were examined.
1937 shows an increase of 16½% in the number of examinations
of sputa made for General Practitioners.