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tuberculosis of the abdomen in the past three years may be
the direct result of this action.
71. 81 of those who died from Phthisis were males,,
and 65 females.
72. Notifications. Voluntary notification of Phthisis has
now been in force in the Borough for nine years. In 1909,
notification of cases attended by Poor Law Medical Officers
was made compulsory by an order of the Local Government
Board, made under Section 130, Public Health Act, 1875.
This section authorises the Local Government Board to make
such regulations as they may see fit with the view to the
treatment of persons affected with Cholera or any other
epidemic, endemic, or infectious disease, and preventing
the spread of such diseases. The penalty for neglecting or
refusing to obey any regulation made under this Section
is £50.
Under the same Section, the Board, in the Spring of the
year, made it compulsory on the Medical Officers of all
Public Hospitals and Public Dispensaries to notify cases of
Pulmonary Tuberculosis attending such Institutions, and in
November, by further regulations, made the notification of
this disease compulsory on all Medical Practitioners. The
regulations also authorise local authorities to supply all
such medical or other assistance, and all such facilities and
articles as may reasonably be required for the detection
of the disease, and for preventing the spread of infection,
and removing conditions favourable to infection, and they
may appoint such officers as may be necessary.
375 cases were notified last year, compared with 150, 154,
206, and 196, in the four preceding years. 78 of these were