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76. Notifications. Voluntary notification of phthisis has
now been in force in the Borough for eight years. Last year
notification of cases attended by Poor Law Medical Officers
was made compulsory, and, though they had been in the habit
of notifying many cases before, the Local Government Board
Order has certainly been followed by a larger number of
notifications of paupers.
206 cases were notified last year, compared with 176, 150,
and 154, in the three preceding years. 56 of these were in the
Poor Law Infirmary. 41 others were notified by the District
Medical Officers of the Poor Law Unions, 14 by the Medical
Officers of the Royal Arsenal, and the remainder by clergymen,
philanthropic societies, applicants for admission to Peppard
Common Sanatorium, and by private medical practitioners.
£14 14s. 3d. was paid during the year for the notification of
phthisis.
Duration. Of the 206 cases notified during 1909, at least
44 have since died, and of 154 notified during 1908, at least 54
have since died (March 1st, 1910).
77. The source of infection of the notified cases was
probably as follows :—
Family or personal—Father, 16; mother, 15; wife, 2;
brother, 6; sister, 7; husband,
6; other members of family, 2;
friends, lodgers, etc., 4 . 56
Workshop and Office 12
Public House 27
Navy and Army 3
Milk 1
Undetermined 105