Report of the Department of Health / City of Montreal.

  • Montréal (Québec). Department of Public Health.
Date:
[1939]
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Credit: Report of the Department of Health / City of Montreal. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    8. To supervise hospital care of tuberculosis cases in in¬ stitutions. The staff of this section is made up of (for 1939): a) a chief of section, Dr. Leo Ladouceur; b) a group head nurse; c) three visiting nurses; d) a stenographer. Here in brief is a summary of the work of the tuberculosis section accomplished during the year 1939. Number of cases of tuberculosis declared. 1,391 Number of contacts and suspect cases ex¬ amined. 1,316 a) in anti-tuberculosis institutes. 1,073 b) by physicians. 243 Number of positive cases. 26 Number of deaths due to tuberculosis. 686 a) pulmonary tuberculosis. 624 b) other forms. 62 Number of home visits by nurses. 3,518 For further details concerning the work of this section I refer the reader to page 115 of this report. Propaganda. The propaganda campaign against tuberculosis, inaugurated on October 12, 1938, by a great “night of attack” at the Plateau Auditorium, has been continued by similar reunions in various parishes in Montreal.