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This gives an incidence figure per year (pulmonary tuberculosis) of
2.7 per 1,000 on an estimated population of 115,636. With regard to the
patients attending the dispensary the same procedure and the same
methods of treatment were carried out as have been indicated in previous
reports.
It was found as the result of the continued growth in the number
of attendances at the Dispensary, that on some days as many as 70 or
more attendances were registered. With such numbers, sufficient
attention and examinations as frequently as desirable could not be given
in each case, and it was therefore decided that the number of sessions
should be increased and the following time-table was adopted in
November:—
Monday and Thursday 9.30 to 11 a.m. Men.
Tuesday Evening 6.30 „ 7.30 p.m. Men at work.
Tuesday and Friday 9.30 „ 11a.m. Women.
Friday Evening 6.30 „ 7.30 p.m. Women at work.
Monday 2.0 „ 3.0 p.m. Children NOT at
School.
Saturday 9.30 „ 11.0 a.m. Children attending
School.
This it will be seen gives separate times for men and women,
another evening session and a Saturday morning session for school
children, so that schooling is interfered with as little as possible.
Notice of this change was given to the medical profession, and the
opportunity was taken of drawing their attention to the great importance
of the examination of "contacts," to secure their co-operation in this
respect.
The return of work shows also a continued increase in the clerical
and bacteriological work which has been carried out very willingly by
the clerk-dispenser.
The suggested joint home for Deptford, Greenwich and Lewisham,
referred to by Dr. Macdonald in his last report has not been established,
so that for the majority of advanced cases the Deptford and Greenwich
Hospital is the only available institution affording the necessary treatment.
Very many patients will not go there as long as they can
struggle along in their own homes where they remain centres of