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44 Tuberculosis Administration.
Council is in a position to treat insured and approved persons as
well as non-insured, and as our arrangements are complete, and
approved by the Surrey County Insurance Committee, patients are
being admitted from other County districts for treatment by this
Authority.
The Medical Officer of Health, who is Superintendent of the
Isolation Hospital, is also Tuberculosis Officer to the District
Council, and is a whole time official.
Further and permanent arrangements will it is hoped take
place soon, and they will comprise the building of a new ward for six
or eight beds for established cases of consumption, the building of a
larger and more commodious dispensary, and the appointment of a
woman Inspector to visit the homes and give homely advice. This
'atter in its turn should lead to the adoption of the Notification of
Births Act.
"As the administrative control increases in subtlety of method,
the disease, it is hoped, will decrease in deadliness, and the vast
army of those now marching to the grave will slacken in its stride."
The following table shows briefly the number of cases of
Tuberculosis notified during 1912 and the results, etc.
Notified 106
Dead 28
Attending Dispensary 58
Children of 15 or under 21
Males over 15 42
Females over 15 43
Of the 58 cases attending the Dispensary, 28 are improving,
three have died, 13 were subsequently found to be not tubercular,
and 14 have left the district or are untraced.
Two tables are appended showing (a) occupation and ages in
notified cases, (b) age and sex incidence in notified cases.