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PUBLIC HEALTH (PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS)
REGULATIONS, 1925.
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PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1025. SECTION 62.
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TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY.
Annual Report of Tuberculosis Officer.
The work of the Dispensary has proceeded as usual throughout
the year. Day after day there has been a steady stream of
cases, Request, Notified and Contact, requiring examination,
treatment or investigation.
An analysis of the year's work has been prepared and shown
on Tables 1, 2 and 3, the completion of which the Ministry of
Health has made obligatory.
The important event of the year was the opening of the
Children's Sanatorium, Langdon Hill, on the 26th October (by
the Mayor of the Borough, Mr. Alderman Reed). The first
patients, 16 in number, were admitted on the 12th December.
The withdrawal of children from outside Sanatoria will now
be completed at an early date so that all children suffering from
Pulmonary Tuberculosis will be under the immediate care of the
Borough. (Hospitals Committee)
Comparison with Previous Years.
cases 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927
Request 564 600 643 593 726 760
Contact 872 887 984 849 743 699
Notified 228 324 342 338 188 198
Positive 547 593 622 629 525 516
There has been a decline in the number of Positive Cases
and also in the number of Contacts as compared with previous
years. The number of Request Cases has again increased.
Percentage of Positive Cases amongst Contacts.
1924 1925 1926 1927
Contacts 984 848 743 699
Positive 40 38 41 40
Percentage 4.0 4.48 5.1 5.7
Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
Adults. The Dagenham Sanatorium has, on the whole, been
fully occupied during the year with the exception of the men's
beds during a period of three to four weeks.
Seven beds at the Grosvenor Sanatorium have been in constant
use for female patients. Seamen have been treated at the
Bramshott Sanatorium.
Children. The East Anglian Sanatorium, Nayland, has been
used for the treatment of chidren.
Domiciliary Treatment. Insured persons while waiting for
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