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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Chelsea 1932
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1932
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TABLE No. 44.
| Diagnosis. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Total. | Grand Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | ||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||||
| A.—New cases examined during the year (excluding contacts)— | |||||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 35 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 41 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 522 | ||
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | |||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 97 | 140 | 123 | 60 | ||||
| —Contacts examined during the year :— | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 173 | |||
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| (c) Non-tuberculous | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | 51 | 45 | 48 | |||
| C.—Cases written off the Dis-pensary Register as :— | |||||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | 1 | 4 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 603 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 121 | 193 | 169 | 109 | ||||
| D—Number of Cases on Dis-pensary Register on December 31st :— | |||||||||||||||
| 136 | 111 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 145 | 126 | 24 | 17 | 321 | |||
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | |||
| 1- Number of cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st | 266 | 2. Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years | 29 | ||||||||||||
| 3- Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assistance under the scheme, and cases " lost sight of" | 35 | 4. Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes) | 31 | ||||||||||||
| 5. Number of attendances at the Dis pensary (including Contacts) | 2,795 | 6. Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st December | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 7. Number of consultations with medical practitioners:— | 4 124 | 8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to homes (including personal consultations) | 68 | ||||||||||||
| Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to homes for Dispensary purposes | 3,680 | 10. Number of:— | 309 384 | ||||||||||||
| 11. Number of " Recovered " cases restored to Dispensary Register, and included in A (a) and A(b) above | - | 12. Number of " T.B. plus " cases on Dispensary Register on Decem-ber 31st | 129 | ||||||||||||
—Number of Dispensaries for the treatment of Tuberculosis (excluding
centres used only for special forms of treatment) :—
Provided by the Council
. Provided by Voluntary Bodies One
(Signed) W. H. L. McCARTHY, Chief Tuberculosis Officer.