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Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1931.
work or to return to work at an early date. During the year
under consideration 95 patients have been granted extra
nourishment under the scheme at a cost of £127 17s. 0d. The
scheme has been found to be of great help in the treatment of
the types of patient mentioned above.
Open Air Shelters.—The seven shelters owned by the
Council have been in constant use during the year.
The two Tables which follow show the original classification
of all the patients suffering from Tuberculosis who have attended
the Dispensaries since they were opened in 1913, and their
condition at the end of 1931 as far as it is known. Table
XXIX. refers to cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Table
XXX. to cases of Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis.