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Forty primary notifications of Tuberculosis were
received during the year, of which number 26 referred to
pulmonary cases.
Twenty-seven notifications were received from Medical
Officers relating to patients admitted to Sanatoria, and 19 to
those discharged.
Notification of cases of this disease is carried out in a
satisfactory manner, and each of the 16 deaths from pulmonary
tuberculosis which occurred during the year had
been notified. Of the deaths from other forms of
tuberculosis 2 were not notified, each case being diagnosed in
Hospital where they died.
All cases of tuberculosis are periodically visited, and
disinfection is carried out as occasion requires.
During the year 50 specimens of sputum were sent to
the Kent County Laboratory, Maidstone, to be examined for
tubercle bacillus ; 8 of these were positive.
Judging from the number of negative sputum specimens
received, it is evident that the Medical Practitioners of the