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some who requested disinfection on their own account
without the Council offering it. Of 23 instances where disinfection
was offered by the Council it was accepted in 16.
The past year has been the first of the coming into force
of the Tuberculosis Regulations, and also the first, in this
district, of the Voluntary Notification of Phthisis.
Under the two headings I give the detailed account of
what has occurred during the year, and I hope another year
to be able to show some practical result following on the
Notification. It is obvious that mere Notification does not
help much per se, but it is merely the first step towards the
prevention of the disease and its amelioration when present.
This is the real aim to be kept in view, and requires
emphasising.
VOLUNTARY NOTIFICATION.
In my Annual Report of last year I drew attention to
the recommendations arising out of a Report I presented on
the Notification of Phthisis.
The recommendations were :—
(1) I recommend that Voluntary Notification of Phthisis
be added to the Poor-Law Compulsory Notification.
(2) That on receipt of notification a visit be paid to the
house, particulars obtained, advice given, printed
instructions left, and any help given that is
possible.
(3) That, when not required for other purposes, six beds
be utilised at the Isolation Hospital for suitable
cases, chiefly for education purposes.
(4) That disinfection, as at present, be offered free of
cost on the death of a case of Phthisis.