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Chelsea 1944
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1944
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TABLE No. 52.
Treatment of Tuberculosis, Year
| 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)— | |||||||||||||||
| 18 | 20 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 4 | — | 18 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 249 | |||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| 72 | 1007 | 12 | 11 | — | — | - | - | 42 | 107 | 12 | 11 | ||||
| B.—Contacts examined during the year :— | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | - | 1 | — | 4 | - | ||||
| — | — | - | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | 120 | ||||
| 15 | 37 | 37 | 26 | 15 | 37 | 37 | 26 | ||||||||
| C.—Cases written off the Dispensary Register as:— | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | — | 6 | 5 | 1 | - | 329 | |||
| 87 | 114 | 49 | 37 | - | - | - | - | 87 | 144 | 49 | 307 | ||||
| D.—Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st •— | |||||||||||||||
| 83 | 75 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 88 | 86 | 12 | 3 | 189 | |||
| _ | - | - | - | - | — | — | — | - | - | — | — | ||||
| 1. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st | 185 | 2. Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years | 24 | ||||||||||||
| 3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assistance under the scheme, and cases " lost sight of" | 42 | cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes) | 21 | ||||||||||||
| 6. Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the • 31st December | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 6. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts) | 1184 | ||||||||||||||
| 7. Number of consultations with medical practitioners:— | 8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to homes (including personal consultations) | 15 | |||||||||||||
| (a) Personal ... | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| (6) Other | 44 | 10. Number of:— | |||||||||||||
| 9. Number of visits by Nurses or | 11l | ||||||||||||||
| Health Visitors to homes for Dispensary purposes ... | 1404 | 632 | |||||||||||||
| 11. Number of " Recovered " cases restored to Dispensary Register, and included in A (a) and A (b) above | NIL | 12. Number of " T.B. plus " cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st | 50 | ||||||||||||
| B.—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. | |||||||||||||||