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PUBLIC HEALTH (PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS)
REGULATIONS, 1925.
No action taken.
PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1925. SECTION 62.
No action taken.
Tuberculosis Dispensary.
Annual Report of Tuberculosis Officer.
(DR. P. A. GALPIN.)
The routine work of the Dispensary has been continued
throughout the year. Schedules 1, 2 and 3, as required by the
Ministry of Health showing the details of the work done, have
been completed, and are attached.

sputum tests are the chief means of establishing a diagnosis. In
a certain number of cases presenting unusual difficulties, X-Ray
examinations are made. At present, patients are sent to the
London Hospital. Sixty-four examinations were made during the
year
There is a type of case where neither sputum tests nor X-Ray
examinations can solve the problem of diagnosis, but only a careful
and close study of the symptoms and of the whole history of
the patient.
Institutional Treatment.
Adults. The Dagenham Sanatorium has been in full use for
the greater part of the year with cases requiring General Medical
and Sanatorium Treatment. Certain types of cases in need of
special Surgical Treatment have been sent to the Brompton Hospital.
Cases have been sent also to the Grosvenor and Maltings
Farm Sanatoria. In determining treatment, the needs of each
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