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The number of deaths from Tuberculosis during
1920 was 33, as compared with 40 during 1919. Of these
26 were due to Pulmonary Tuberculosis, 4 to Tuberculous
Meningitis, and 3 to other Tuberculous diseases.
The death rate from all forms of Tuberculosis was
1.04 per 1,000 in 1920, as compared with 1.31 in 1919,
while that from the pulmonary form was .82 per 1,000
as compared with 1.04.
There is a Tuberculosis Dispensary established by
the Kent County Council, and a large majority of notified
cases attend there; in addition cases of suspected
Tuberculosis among contacts with notified cases attend.
There is also a Sanatorium established by the Kent
County Council at Lenham, where suitable cases are sent
for treatment, and some cases are sent to Sanatoria in
other parts of the country. Twenty-seven patients were
admitted to various Sanatoria and Hospitals during 1920.
E.—Maternity and Child Welfare.
The Midwives' Act is administered by the Kent
County Council. There are four midwives practising in
the District, and 3 midwives working at the Council's
Maternity Home, "Hainault."
The Council employ two Health Visitors, who carry
out under my supervision, the visiting of houses where
births are notified, or for other reasons, and they also
assist in the work at the Infant Welfare Centres, and
the Ante-natal Clinic.
There are two Infant Welfare Centres, one at Erith,
and one at Belvedere, and an ante-natal Clinic. Each of
these is open once a week, when a lady Medical Officer
attends, who has had great experience in such work.
At the beginning of the year the work of alteration
was in progress at " Hainault" to make it suitable
for use as a Maternity Home and School Clinic, and in
April it was opened for use as a Maternity and Child
Welfare Centre, and the Infant Welfare Centre, for