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After Care.—Effort has been made by the Hackney and Stoke
Newington Tuberculosis Care Committee to carry out every duty
possible under existing circumstances.
The following is a summary of the work performed by the Committee during
the year ended 31st March, 1932:—
Number of new cases dealt with 297
(Of these, 206 were for assessment)
Number of old cases dealt with at Committee meetings 196
(Of these, 130 were for assessment or re-assessment)
The amount of contributions collected by the Committee towards the cost of
sanatorium treatment was £442 9s. 3d.
Disinfection.—Disinfection of rooms and their contents is
offered in all cases of pulmonary tuberculosis after death or removal
to hospital or sanatoria.
Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925.
—These Regulations confer powers upon local authorities enabling
them to prevent persons suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis from
entering the milk trade and to require persons to discontinue any
occupation involving the handling of milk when they are found to
be suffering from the disease in an infective stage.
Fortunately, it has not been necessary to take formal action
under the Regulations.