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Notifiable Infectious Diseases.
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Regulations, act as an Officer of the Sanitary Authority under the
direction of the Medical Officer of Health. Being Medical Officer
of Health and Tuberculosis Officer for the District, the advantages
of the Ministry's suggestions are obtained.
Two Health Visitors carry out, amongst other duties, the work
of Tuberculosis Nurses.
By arrangement with the Surrey County Council, a Tuberculosis
Dispensary is provided in the Isolation Hospital Grounds,
and advanced cases, from the County area, as well as from the
Urban District, are admitted to a special Tuberculosis Block at the
Hospital. Tuberculosis patients in this District are also sent away
to other Sanatoriums under the County Scheme.
Tuberculosis Dispensary. Patients attend under the following
circumstances:—
(1) Cases attending for examination for the purpose of
diagnosis.
(2) Contacts attending for examination and observation.
(3) Doubtful cases attending for re-examination and
further observation until a diagnosis is made.
(4) Patients suffering from tuberculosis who are under
medical treatment by their own doctor, and who attend
periodically for supervision.
(5) Patients who are tuberculous, and who, being unable
to afford medical treatment, attend for treatment at the
Dispensary.
During the year 165 patients attended at the Dispensary. Of
these patients, 78 were patients who had attended the Dispensary
previously and 87 were new cases. Of the 87 patients attending
for the first time, 24 were found to be suffering from tuberculosis,
28 were considered not to be tuberculous, and 35 were recommended
to attend for re-examination and further observation, as
the diagnosis was not definite at the time of their first attendance.
The total number of attendances made by patients during the
year was 513.