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TUBERCULOSIS.
This part of the report, which has been prepared in the
main by the Tuberculosis Officer, deals with the work of the
Department under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations,
1912, and under the dispensary scheme approved
by the Ministry of Health and the London County Council
who contribute 50 per cent, and 25 per cent, respectively,
of the nett expenditure.
The dispensary staff consists of two Tuberculosis Officers,
three Tuberculosis Visitors, one Nurse-Dispenser and one
Lay Organiser.
Notification Statistics. The total number of primary notifications
received was 358, but 53 of these related to cases which
had been previously notified, so that the total number of new
cases coming under observation during the year was 305.
The corresponding figure for 1921 was 356, thus showing a
decrease for 1922 of 51 cases. The increase in duplicate
notifications from 16, 10 and 14 in the last three years is an
indication that there is less tendency on the part of medical
practitioners to assume that when they see a case of old tuberculosis
that some one else must have notified it before. Notifications
received on Forms "C" and "D,". i.e., notifications
from institutions regarding admission and discharges, are
not included in the above figures.
The distribution of the various cases notified since 1918
is as follows:—