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Report of Tuberculosis Officer—continued.
torium from some other institution and who will attend Dispensary
on discharge. Similarly as regards contacts ; several contacts of
cases notified late in the year attend in the early part of the
following year and are not therefore included in the table dealing
with the examination of contacts of cases notified during the year.
27 % of the total contacts were examined before the end of the year.
47% of the child ,, ,, ,,
17 % of the adult ,, ,, ,,
Of the contacts of cases seen at the Dispensary, approximately
30 per cent, of the total and 50 per cent, of the child contacts were
examined.
Of the contacts of cases not seen at the Dispensary 17 per
cent, of the total and 30 per cent, of the child contacts were
examined.
From the above figures it is evident that where the original
case comes directly under the Dispensary organisation, contacts
are more readily persuaded to attend for examination.
It is of interest to note that the number of child contacts is much
smaller than the number of adult contacts, approximately 30 per
cent, of the total. Figures for previous years show a similar
percentage.
The Tuberculin Testing of child contacts of tuberculosis
was continued and the results, with notes as to action taken, are
given below.
In most of the cases giving a positive result to the test, and
also in a few negative cases, an X-ray examination was made, and
if any doubtful appearances were found, or if the child was in an
unsatisfactory state of health, recommendations were made for
such treatment as was deemed advisable.
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