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Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations,
1925.
Public Health Act, 1936, Section 172.
No action was necessary under the above enactments
during 1938.
Efficiency of Notification of Tuberculosis.
There were six cases of unnotified tuberculosis
amongst the twenty-two deaths from tuberculosis, but as
these six cases concerned deaths which occurred outside
the area, little could be discovered regarding the history
of the cases, their residence here having been apparently
of a transitory character. Thus too much importance
should not be attached to the rather high proportion
shown, and must not be interpreted as indicating laxity
in notification—actually the contrary exists in the area.
Tuberculosis Dispensary.
The Tuberculosis Officer, Dr. S. Roy C. Price, has
kindly furnished me with the following brief summary
of work carried out at the Dispensary during 1938:

of contacts examined during 1938 35
No. of contacts found to be positive (not included
above) —
total number of attendances at the Dispensary
during 1938 2538
No. of patients who completed a course of residential
treatment during 1938 137