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Hampton 1911

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampton]

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19
PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS.
Three notifications were received during the year;
two referred to the same person. Two were Infirmary
Notifications, and one was notified by the District
Medical Officer. The rooms which these persons had
occupied were cleaned and disinfected. One case of
Pulmonary Tuberculosis proved fatal. It occurred in
an elderly man. The case was not notified.
Notification of this complaint has been in force to
a limited extent since the year 1909. On December
18th, 1908, the Local Government Board issued Regulations
to the effect that paupers suffering from this complaint
were to be notified. If they happened to be
inmates of an Infirmary the Medical Officer of Health
of the District in which the Infirmary is situated, as well
as the Medical Officer of Health of the District to which
the pauper belonged, were notified.
In April, 1909, your Council decided to receive
Voluntary Notifications of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, and
to pay the medical man notifying such cases the usual
fees.
On the 22nd of March, 1911, the Local Government
Board issued Regulations as to the notification of
Pulmonary Tuberculosis occurring among patients in
hospitals. Such notifications are sent to the Medical
Officer of Health of the District in which the hospital
is situated, who in turn notifies the Medical Officer of
Health of the District in which the patient is resident.
On November 16th, 1911, the Local Government Board
issued further regulations to come into force on January
1st, 1912, to the effect that all cases of Pulmonary
Tuberculosis are to be notified. Paupers and Hospital
Patients will continue to be notified as before, but the
system of Voluntary Notification initiated by your
Council in April, 1909, disappears.