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TUBERCULOSIS.
I still feel very strongly that an open-air recovery school is a
real need in the district.
One has to realise how important it is in the case of those
people who-, in crowded houses, are in very intimate contact indeed
with cases of open tuberculosis, to ensure that everything is done to
prevent the disease becoming manifest.
It is now ascertained that the average period before a child
develops tuberculosis as the result of contact with a case is in the
region of three years. This delay in the manifestation of disease is
apt to give a false sense of security in these cases.
Again, with cases of malnutrition of various kinds, a school
of this type, with its rest and feeding, may mean for certain cases
the difference between the life of a chronic invalid who eventually
becomes a burden upon public funds, and that of a healthy selfsupporting
citizen.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
The number of new cases notified during the year was 71.
Thirty-nine cases were notified from Institutions—
Sanatoria 19, Poor Law Institutions 13, General .Hospitals 6,
and Tuberculosis Dispensary 1.
There were 40 deaths from Tuberculosis of the Respiratory
System. Seven of these were not notified.
Of the new cases notified, 56 received institutional treatment
during the year, and 13 died.
Other Forms of Tuberculosis.
The number of new cases notified during the year was 14.
Twelve of them were notified as receiving institutional treatment.
There were 8 deaths. Four of the cases which died were
unnotified.