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TUBERCULOSIS.
The position in Richmond for the year 1950 may be summarised
as follows:—
NOTIFICATIONS:
Respiratory Tuberculosis.
Forty-two cases of respiratory tuberculosis were notified,
viz:—21 males and 21 females. The corresponding figure for 1949
was 67.
Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis.
Seven new cases of non-respiratory tuberculosis were notified
during the year and there were three deaths from this cause. Seven
such cases had been notified during 1949.
TUBERCULOSIS REGISTER.
After all additions and deletions had been taken into account,
the number of cases of tuberculosis remaining upon the Register at
the close of the year was as under:—
Non-
Pulmonary. Pulmonary.
Males 182 21
Females 123 24
Total 305 45
Corresponding figures for 1949 313 46
PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS.
Under the Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations
1925, powers are given to prohibit any person suffering from
respiratory tuberculosis from entering upon employment involving
the handling of milk.
Under the Public Health Act 1936 (Section 172) powers are
given to cause the removal and detention of any tubercular patient