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Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations,
1925 and Public Health Act, 1925,
Section 62.
No case arose during the year requiring action under
the above Regulations and Act.
Tuberculosis After-Care Association.
This Association has continued its activities
throughout the year. Members of the Association are
allotted certain patients, on whom they report
periodically, when the results of their visits are communicated
to the Committee, and in many cases milk
and other supplements to their diet are granted. This
Association does a great deal of most valuable work in
the area, and the members deserve the thanks of the
community.
Its activities however, are unfortunately curtailed
by scarcity of funds; this is to be deplored as the assistance
afforded to patients is not only of great material
value, but it also must contribute to a large extent to
the chances of the patients making a recovery.
Pemphigus, Puerperal Sepsis and Puerperal
Pyrexia.
Remarks concerning the above notifiable diseases
are contained in the section of the report dealing with
Maternity and Child Welfare.
Prevention of Blindness.
No special action was taken under section 66 of the
Public Health Act, 1925, for the prevention of blindness,
°r for the treatment of persons suffering from any
disease or injury to the eye.
I am very pleased to be able to report that a local
association for the welfare of the blind has been formed
in Dagenham, and is receiving the active support of