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The advice of the Consultant was obtained in several cases
during the year, in each instance the patient proving not to be
suffering from the complaint.
Tetanus
There was no case of Tetanus notified during the year.
T uberculosis
The number of new cases notified maintained the good
record of recent years, a total of 42 notifications being received
compared with 44 during the previous year.
I am again particularly indebted to the Consultant Chest
Physician, Dr. E. W. Street, and his colleagues for their expert
advice in connection with preventive measures when cases of the
illness have occurred in schools or similar communities.
The mass X-ray units which operate under the auspices of
the South East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board continued
to pay regular visits to sites in the Borough, these sessions being
open to the public free of charge.
The total number of cases on the register showed a further
decline from 2,728 at the beginning of the year to 2,649 at the
end of the year.
There were four deaths attributed to the disease compared
with 9 in the preceding year.