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The Tuberculosis Officer has very kindly supplied the following
information with respect to cases of tuberculosis from the district
which have been under treatment by him:—
Number of persons examined for the first time
by the Tuberculosis Officer:—
(a) Tuberculosis of Lungs 47
(b) Other forms of Tuberculosis 5
Number of persons transferred from other areas:—
(a) Tuberculosis of Lungs 9
(b) Other forms of Tuberculosis 3
Number of persons kept under treatment at the
County Council Dispensary, Ealing 110
Number sent to Sanatoria 38
Number sent to Hospital 8
No action has been called for, either under the Public Health
(Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925, or under Section
62 of the Public Health Act, 1925.
Laboratory Work.—At the public health laboratory the
following specimens were examined in connection with the diagnosis
and control of infectious disease:—
Positive
Negative
Total
Diphtheria:
From the Borough
21
772
793
Isolation Hospital
68
1,195
1,263
Tuberculosis:
From the Borough
39
238
277
Miscellaneous:
From the Borough
11
36
47
Isolation Hospital
4
16
20
Total
143
2,257
2,400
Disinfection.—Besides the steam disinfector at the Isolation
Hospital, which is chiefly used for the disinfection of articles in
the hospital itself, there is a steam disinfector at North Ealing.
The steam disinfector at Hanwell was dismantled as with motor
transport it was found to be unnecessary and the site was required
for the extension of the refuse destructor.