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PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS,
1912.
The above Order issued during the year extends the
previous Orders so as to make all forms of Tuberculosis
compulsorily notifiable. It was previously restricted to
Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Now, Tubercular glands and
bones and Tabes Mesenterica are included in the list.
Arrangements are being made for the establishment of a
Tuberculosis Station in Barnet in accordance with the
provisions of the National Insurance Act. The County
Tuberculosis Officer will be in charge of the Station, and
will, in conjunction with local practitioners, treat the patients.
The duties devolving upon the Health Department in
carrying out these regulations are very numerous, and entail
a considerable amount of time.
Not only have all fresh notifications to be attended to,
but those patients notified in previous years have to be
visited from time to time and kept under observation.
Of the 29 cases notified during 1911, seven patients died
during that year, 12 notifications were transferred to other
Districts when the patients ceased to reside in this District,
and consequently no further action could be taken by this
department. Three patients died during the past year, six
are still living in the District, and in the remaining case there
is no further trace of the patient.
The following table gives particulars of the cases
notified during the past year, and the action taken in respect
of them:—