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be notified to the Medical Officer of Health, whereas the
previous regulations had reference to Pulmonary Tuberculosis
only.
Number of cases (Pulmonary) notified during 1913 41
„ „ (Other forms) „ „ „ 37
„ „ notifications received 113
Notified by Medical Practitioners 41
„ „ School Medical Inspector 1
„ „ Hospitals 25
„ „ Poor Law Institutions 35
„ „ Sanatoria 11
Cases sent to Hospitals, Sanatoria, etc. 38
Six of the notifications received had reference to cases
notified in 1912. It will therefore be seen that 107 notifications
had reference to 78 cases. The following were the
places to which the treated cases were sent:—
Burfield Common Sanatorium, Sittingbourne Sanatorium,
Northwood Sanatorium, Bromley Common Sanatorium,
St. Phillip's Memorial Hospital, Eversfield Chest
Hospital, Midhurst Sanatorium, Croydon General Hospital,
Great Ormond Street Hospital, St. Bartholomews Hospital,
Treloar's Cripple Home, Guy's Hospital, Croydon Infirmary,
Charing Cross Hospital, Queen Mary's Hospital, St.
Thomas's Hospital, Wainwright Home, Norwood Cottage
Hospital, Benenden Sanatorium, Crooksby Sanatorium, St.
James's Infirmary, Sydenham Hospital.
The Health Visitor makes enquiries at every house
where cases are notified and in 58 instances, advice was
given, leaflets left, and where necessary, paper handkerchiefs,
sputum flasks and disinfectants were supplied. The majority
of these cases are kept under periodic observation, and
the number of visits paid was 458.
During the year there have been 12 deaths among
notified Pulmonary cases, and 5 deaths of persons suffering
from other forms of Tuberculosis,