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55
Pulmonary cases:
Male 114
Female 92
Non-Pulmonary:
Male 55
Female 75
336
These figures show that in Bromley 7.1 persons per
1,000 of the population are affected with tuberculosis.
Out of the 336 cases 130 have received sanatorium or
hospital treatment, this works out on the basis of 38.6
per cent.
The need of statutory action did not arise either
under the Public Health (Prevention of Disease) Regulations,
1925, or under Section 62 of the Public Health
Act, 1925.
The health visitors, during the course of routine
visitation, made 320 visits to tuberculosis patients, and
the total number of special visits to patients arising out
of the health visitor's work at the Dispensary was 206.
Where the health visitors discover housing conditions
which would be detrimental to the tubercular subject,
the sanitary inspectors make an inspection and procure
the remedy of any defective conditions.
Out of a total of 36 tuberculosis deaths for the year,
9 had not been previously notified. It is not to be
deduced from these figures that the efficiency of notification
of tuberculosis in the area is lax, for on inquiry
it is learned that in many cases conclusive diagnosis was
not arrived at until after death and in most cases deaths
occur outside the district in hospital institutions, where
there have been bona fide reasons for supposing that
they have already been notified in the home district.
Wilful neglect, or refusal to notify, was absent in all
these cases.
There is no evidence of excessive incidence of, or
mortality from, tuberculosis in any particular occupation
in the area.