TUBERCULOSIS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 77, 7 March 1916, Page 7

TUBERCULOSIS.

RANGE OF GONTACION EXAGGERATED. Peu Pbess Association. Wellington, March ti. Dr. Basil Adams, tuberculosis medical officer at the Wellington Hospital, having been offered command of the Sanitary Corps to be attached to the .New Zealand Expeditionary Forces, the Hospital Board to-day granted him leave. Dr. Adams read a brief report of the result of his labors during the eleven months ho has had cliaige of tuberculosis work. He said he bad spent some time in remedying the shocking state of affairs that he found on taking up his duties. During that period 541 patients had been examined, and 228 were found to lie suffering from tuberculosis. ■ Of those cases 46 are now dead, 53 had left Wellington district, and'l7 were under care of medical'practitioners. Dr. Adams added that the range of contagion had been absurdly exaggerated, and that the trouble of dealing with the complaint had been increased through patients not leaving drink alone. In order to lessen the possibility of infection by medium of street dust, the City Engineer's department--has decided to mix a small proportion of disinfeAant'lvith the water ised for street spraying purposes.