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times used for cases too advanced for sanatorium treatment,
and in some cases have been effective in enabling such consumptives
to resume their work. The Tuberculosis Visitors
regularly visit in order to ensure that the shelters are being
used to full advantage. The shelters are used generally
throughout the year, but it is difficult to get some patients
to continue their use during the winter months.
(c) Tuberculosis Dispensary. The Tuberculosis Dispensary
is in Maxey Road, Plumstead. Consultations are held
there every day, but special days and times are allotted to
men, women and children. Its situation is not ideally central
and the Council may have to consider very shortly the provision
of a branch dispensary or visiting station at Eltham.
Form "R" (a return as to the work in connection with the
Tuberculosis Dispensary during the year) follows as Table
No. 67. If this table be compared with Table No. 64 it will
be noticed that although there were 330 new cases, only
195 attended the Dispensary. Enquiries were made to
ascertain the reasons why the other cases did not attend the
Dispensary and the information available shows that 63
died shortly after notification, 46 were inmates of hospitals
or infirmaries, 6 were inmates of asylums, while 20 were
under the case of medical practitioners and did not wish to
attend the Dispensary.