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patient has gone away, or if it seems otherwise desirable.
"Spitting-flasks" and ''Special Cardboard Spittoons" are
supplied to all suitable eases. If any other person in the
house is suspected of suffering from, the disease an urgent
recommendation to obtain advice is made; should the contact
be a young child the School Medical Officer may see the case
when inspecting school children. If the nurse reports any
unsatisfactory condition in the house or surroundings, a
further visit is made by one of the Sanitary Inspectors.
If a removal or death occurs, the premises are disinfected
by fumigation and spraying of the walls and floors with a
disinfecting solution. If the wall-paper is old and dirty it is
stripped. The bedding, etc., is removed and disinfected at
the disinfecting station.
During the year 37 rooms and 401 articles were disinfected
in connection with the control of this disease.
18 of the 55 patients notified obtained treatment as inpatients
at Sanatoria supported by voluntary contributions.
A Tuberculosis Dispensary has been established in
Finchley as the centre for the district. This is under the
control of the Middlesex County Council, and the Tuberculosis
Officer is an official of that authority.