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New Cases (including Contacts).
The following are the comparative figures for 1932 and 1933.
1932. 1933.
New Cases 511 504
Number proved, after
complete investigation,
to be tuberculous 32.1% 33.9%
The remaining 66 per cent. have either no disease or have
symptoms and signs which may so closely simulate tuberculosis
as to justify the practitioner in making use of the services provided
at the Clinic to establish a diagnosis.

The very large increase of both attendances and examinations
for 1933 are specially noteworthy. It will be seen that the bulk
of attendances are for the purpose of examination.
Co-operation of General Practitioners in the Work of
the Clinic during 1933.
It has been calculated that during 1933 80.34 per cent. of
new patients were sent with letters from their doctors (as opposed
to the satisfactory figure of 74.5 per cent. in 1932), which goes
to show the extent of the, co-operation of Practitioners in the work
of the Clinic.
It is to be hoped that with the advent of the New Clinic which
should provide every facility for diagnosis and treatment, still
greater use will be made of the Clinic by General Practitioners,
who, it is always emphasised, are an integral part of the Scheme;
so much so, that whenever possible, advantage is taken to
encourage the fullest co-operation of the Practitioner in the active
treatment of his patient.