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The ratio between non-notified and the total tuberculosis
deaths, as will be seen from the above Table, is therefore as
1 is to 8.
The Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations,
1925. These Regulations enable the Council to prohibit
any persons suffering from tuberculosis in an active
form to engage in the milk trade. No direct action was taken
on them during the year, but the Council caused a letter to
be sent to every milk vendor in the Borough notifying him
that arrangements could be made for the medical examination,
free of charge, by the Tuberculosis Officer, of all persons
who applied to him for employment. This letter was sympathetically
received by the trade, but no candidates for
employment were submitted for examination during the year.
The Work of the Dispensary. The Tuberculosis Dispensary
is situated in Maxey Road, Plumstead, and consultations
are held there, special days and times being allotted to
men, women and children. These are given in tabular form
below:—

A return as to the work in connection with the Tuberculosis
Dispensary during the year is given in the following
Table, No. 64:—