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C. Arrangements for providing medical treatment and nursing of 



patients that could be treated at home without risk of 

 infection. 



D. Dispensing of medicines, and disinfectants. 



E. Arranging for periodic washing and disinfection of clothing 



when the conditions render this necessary. 



F. Selection of cases suitable for any of the forms of hospital 



treatment enumerated above. This is one of the most 

 important parts of Dispensary work. 



G. Distribution of printed information among patients and their 



friends. 



H. Arrangements for examination of sputum and other discharges. 

 I. Arranging for the removal of cases to hospital. 

 J. General medical supervision of cases not removed to hospital, 

 and general guidance in all matters concerning tuberculosis 

 and its control. 

 The Municipal or District Phthisis Dispensary ought to be the 

 Central Bureau of information. It should keep a register of all sanatoria, 

 hospitals, infirmaries, work-colonies, convalescent homes, parochial 

 hospitals, private houses, phthisis committees, and all other organisations 

 that, either within the district or without, can be made available for the 

 inhabitants." 



IX. Notification of Pulmonary Phthisis. 



" For the effective application of the Public Health Act to Pulmonary 

 Phthisis, a system of Notification is essential. In some localities, a 

 system of Voluntary Notification has been organised. 



" But it is open to the Local Authority, with the approval of the 

 Board, to add Pulmonary Phthisis to the list of diseases notifiable under 

 the Infectious Disease (Notification) Act, 1889. The Board will be 

 prepared to give favourable consideration to any application for their 

 approval provided they are satisfied that the Local Authority are 

 in a position and are ready to deal effectively with the cases notified 

 to them. Notification of itself has no administrative value, and unless 

 it is to be followed by effective measures for curative treatment of the 

 patients and for prevention of the spread of infection the Board will not 



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