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PHTHISIS (CONSUMPTION) AND OTHER FORMS OF
TUBERCULOSIS.
The death-rate from Consumption (Pulmonary Tubercolosis) in
the Borough for 1921 was 0.72 per 1,000, as against 1.05 for
London generally.
Fifty-four cases of Phthisis were notified under the Public
Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912.
Eleven of the notified cases were insured under the Insurance
Act.
Nurse A. Ager, who is appointed to give part-time services
in connection with the Tuberculosis woFk within the Borough, has,
acting under the instruction of the Medical Officer ot the
Tuberculosis Dispensary and myself, dealt with 45 fresh cases
during the year, and has made in all 839 visits.
The Tuberculosis After-Care Committee appointed by the
Borough Councils of Hackney and Stoke Newington rendered
valuable services during the year. The address of the Secretary
(Mrs. Hebert), is 38, Pembury Road, Clapton, E.5.
Medical practitioners in Stoke Newington may be saicl to be
notifying the disease better than in many districts—for whereas
the number of notifications of Tuberculosis is sometimes only about
that of the deaths registered from the disease, in Stoke Newington
they are often double. It is, however, probable that the actual
number of sufferers in any year approximates to three times the
number of deaths.
THE WORK OF THE TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY IN
1921 IN REFERENCE TO STOKE NEWINGTON.
The following facts show the work done in connection with
the Dispensary, so far as Stoke Newington is concerned, during
the year 1921. The figures recorded on the following page compare
favourably with those of the preceding year. (Vide my
annual report for 1920.)
The number of attendances of Stoke Newington patients were
1437 during 1921, as compared with 1356 during 1920. The total
number of Stoke Newington contact cases examined at the
Dispensary was 197.