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The number of request cases is greater than in any preceding
year; whereas the number of notified cases is less.
This indicates that the Dispensary function as a centre of
diagnosis is receiving growing recognition. There has been a
falling off in the actual number of contacts, but the number of
positive cases has also declined. The proportion of contacts
to positive cases is the same as in the year 1924, viz., 1.4 to 1.0.

Institutional Treatment.—There have been periods when
the "Waiting List" of patients for admission to Institutions
has been longer than was desired, particularly in the case of
women. One cause may be that men are more restless than
women and remain for shorter periods, but also there is the
fact that there is actually less accommodation at Dagenham
for women than for men.
The proportion of beds allotted to women is less than the
proportion of female cases notified in the year. To adjust this
beds have been taken for women in the Grosvenor Sanatorium,
Ashford. Sea-men have been treated in the Bramshott
Sanatorium.
Children.—Pulmonary cases have been sent to the East
Anglian Sanatorium. It is hoped that by next year the proposed
Sanatorium of the Borough at Langdon Hills will he
in full use.
Domiciliary Treatment.—Medical Practitioners have
submitted quarterly reports on all cases receiving domiciliary
treatment under their care promptly and efficiently. The number
of domiciliary reports received have been 1,067.