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obtain particulars regarding 81 cases of tuberculosis were
undertaken. The Council have a modern steam disinfector at
the Isolation Hospital, in which clothing, bedding, etc., are
disinfected, in addition to the disinfections carried out for the
hospital itself.
C(6). Laboratory Facilities.
Examination of pathological specimens, and other
laboratory work, for the district, are undertaken by the Kent
County Laboratory, Sessions House, Maidstone.
C (7). TUBERCULOSIS.
C(7)a. Treatment and Hospital Accommodation.
The Kent County Council are responsible for cases of
Tuberculosis occurring within the district, and also for
Sanatorium treatment and hospital accommodation for Erith
residents.
A dispensary is held weekly at 65 Bexley Road, Erith, by
a whole-time Tuberculosis Officer.
In the tables which follow, particulars of new cases of
Tuberculosis and of all deaths from the disease in the area,
during 1945 are shown in Table 1, whilst Table 2 shows the
quarterly statements of cases on the register, together with
the position at the 31st December, 1945.