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Battersea 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Form T 145
TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS.
BATTERSEA METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL.
Return for the Year 1932. (a.) Return showing the work of the Dispensary (or Dispensaries).
| 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 vear (excluding contacts):— | |||||||||||||
| 66 | 61 | — | 1 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 80 | 70 | 11 | 7 | 168 | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 44 | ||
| (c) Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 97 | 117 | 61 | 60 | 335 |
| b.—Contacts examined during the vear:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 3 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 3 | |
| - | — | - | - | — | — | - | — | 39 | 59 | 59 | 49 | 206 | |
| C.—Cases written off the Dispensary Register as— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 11 | 43 | |
| (b) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 156 | 198 | 135 | 132 | 621 |
| D.—Number of cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st:— | |||||||||||||
| 340 | 240 | 34 | 38 | 44 | 45 | 97 | 66 | 384 | 286 | 131 | 104 | 904 | |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 64 |
1. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st 1,016 2. Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years 39
| 3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assistance under the Scheme, and cases " lost sight of " | 72 | 4. Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes) | 110 |
| 5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts) | 3,741 | 6. Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st December | 133 |
| 7. Number of consultations with medical practitioners:— (a) Personal † | 20 344 | 8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to homes (including personal consultations) f | 159 |
| 9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to Homes for Dispensary purposes | 4,148 | 10. Number of (a) Specimens of sputum, &c., examined (b) X-ray examinations made in connection with Dispensary work ... | 656 (261 others) 112 |
| 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 December 31st | 403 |
(B.)—Number of Dispensaries for the treatment of Tuberculosis (excluding centres used only
for special forms of treatment):—
Provided by the Council 1
Provided by Voluntary Bodies —
* i.e., remaining undiagnosed on 31st December. [See Memo. 37/T (Revised), p. 10, Sec. II., Note 4.]
† All personal consultations, whether held at the homes of patients or elsewhere, should be included
in item 7 (a): and all visits by Tuberculosis Officers to homes, whether or not accompanied by a personal
consultation already included in item 7 (a), should be entered in item 8.