TUBERCULOSIS.
WELLINGTON HOSPITAL OFFICER'S REPORT. RANGE OF CONTAGION EXAGGERATED. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. 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 he lias had charge of tuberculosis work. He said he had spent some time in remedying the shocking state of affairs that he found on taking up his duties. During that period ~M patients had been examined, and 228 were found to be suffering from tuberculosis. Of those cases 40 are now dead, 58 had left Wellington district, and 17 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 Ims decided to mix a small proportion of disinfectant with the water used for street spraying purposes.
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Taranaki Daily News, 7 March 1916, Page 8
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195TUBERCULOSIS. Taranaki Daily News, 7 March 1916, Page 8
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