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Table No. 56, shows the site of disease in patients notified since 1928:—

It will be noted that there has been a progressive decline in the number of
notifications received year by year, but it must be realised that in spite of this
continual fall, both in notifications and death rates, the amount of work connected
with each patient has steadily increased owing to the development of surgical forms
of treatment which have to be controlled by more frequent X-ray examinations and
the closer supervision of each patient.
Notified cases of tuberculosis occurred in the various wards of the borough as
follows, the first figure being that for pulmonary disease and the second that for
non-pulmonary:—
Dockyard, 10 and 2; St. Mary's, 7 and nil; River, 23 and 2; St. George's,
8 and nil; Burrage 14 and 1; Herbert, 16 and 1; Glyndon. 14 and 2; St. Margaret's,
15 and 1; Central, 14 and 3; St. Nicholas, 22 and 2; Abbey Wood, 13 and 3;
Well Hall, 11 and 3 ; Avery Hill, 26 and 8 ; and Sherard, 35 and 8.
(2) Every endeavour is made to keep the Tuberculosis Register correctly, and
this necessitates the deletion of all those who have died, been lost sight
of, or who have removed to other areas, or who are regarded as cured,
or those in whom the diagnosis has not been confirmed. Additions
to the register consist of new cases, lost cases who have been traced,