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PREVENTION OF ILLN5SS. CARE AND AFTER CARE
Tuberculosis
The measures for the prevention, control and treatment of
tuberculosis are directed by the chest physicians and staff of the
Chest Clinic at Kingston Hospital.
During 1972, 31 cases were notified in the borough and of
these, 25 were pulmonary and 6 non-pulmonary, compared with the
previous year's figures of 33 and 13 respectively.
The 25 pulmonary cases were in the undermentioned stages
of the disease:
A or Tuberculosis - (sputum negative) 5
B.1 or Tuberculosis + (early cases, sputum
positive) 10
B.2 or Tuberculosis + (intermediate cases,
sputum positive) 5
B.3 or Tuberculosis + (advanced cases,
sputum positive) 5
The non-pulmonary cases were:
Right hip 1
Left ankle 1
Fallopian tube 1
Kidney 2
Urogenital 1