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16
Infectious Diseases.
TUBERCULOSIS.
Summary of work done in 1919:—
44 cases were notified
26 resident cases died, including 7 who died outside the District.
538 attendances were made by insured persons at the Dispensary.
223 „ „ „ non-insured „ „ „
247 „ „ „ dependants „ „ „
18 residents received ward or shelter treatment, 11 of whom were
insured workers.
6 local cases died in Hospital.
112 new cases attended the Dispensary.
12 resident, and 43 county patients were discharged from Hospital,
mostly improved.
76 cases were admitted to Hospital, including 18 residents.
34 cases were sent from the Dispensary to either Sanatorium or
Hospital, depending on the stage of the disease.
20 cases were sent out of Hospital either to Sanatorium or
Dispensary, obviously improved.
261 visits were paid to patients at their homes by the Tuberculosis
Nurse.
24 of the 76 cases admitted to Hospital, died in Hospital, all being
in an advanced stage of Tuberculosis.
BACTERIOLOGICAL WORK for 1919.
Specimens examined at the Council's Laboratory at the
Isolation Hospital by the M.O.H.