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46 Tuberculosis.
School children suffering or suspected of suffering
from tuberculosis, are regularly referred to the Tuberculosis
Officer for continued supervision, the School
Nurses visiting and advising the parents to obtain
medical examination and advice.
The following information, supplied by Dr. Young,
County Medical Officer, gives a record of the treatment
of cases of tuberculosis in the Borough during the year :—
Number of persons resident in Ealing examined
for the first time in 1920 by the Tuberculosis
Officer and found to be suffering from
tuberculosis :—
Tuberculosis of Lungs 43
Tuberculosis of Bones, Glands, etc. 10
Number of Persons kept under Treatment at the
County Council Dispensary 109
Number sent to Sanatoria 31
Number sent to Hospital 19
The number of visits made by the Health Visitors
to cases of tuberculosis were as follows :—
First Visits 45
Second Visits 5
Third Visits 1
There were 57 deaths from all forms of tuberculosis
during the year, giving a tuberculosis death-rate of
0.74 per 1,000 of population. Of these deaths 42 were