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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
Battersea 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Visits to the homes of dispensary patients were made by the
Tuberculosis Officers in 362 instances, and 4,171 visits were made
by the Dispensary nursing staff, including 287 to patients not on
the Dispensary register. The number of deaths of Dispensary
patients was 89 as compared with 98 in 1936. Thirty-five of the
patients were discharged as " recovered " during the year, and 84
patients removed to other districts or ceased to attend.
New Patients.
The five following tables contain particulars of the 175 new
cases found to be suffering from tuberculosis.
In the first table the Pulmonary cases are grouped under two
headings :—
(1) Group T.B. minus. In those cases Tubercle bacilli
have never been found in the sputum.
(2) Group T.B. plus. In those cases Tubercle bacilli have
been found in the sputum at some time.
Group T.B. plus is sub-divided under three headings :—
Group I.—early cases.
Group II.—intermediate cases.
Group III.—advanced cases.
For the second year in succession in the Pulmonary group the incidence is highest in the age period 26-35, being 31·5 per cent. of the total cases, this differing from previous experience. A.-Pulmonary Tuberculosis—Age Groups.
| Years. | 0-5 | 6-10 | 11-15 | 16-25 | 26-35 | 36-45 | 46-55 | 56-65 | over 65 | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group T.B. minus | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | — | 44 | |
| Group T.B. plus | Group I | — | — | — | 3 | 5 | - | — | — | — | 8 |
| Group ii | — | — | 3 | 25 | 29 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 90 | |
| Group III | — | — | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | — | 7 | ||
| Total | 2 | 3 | 5 | 45 | 47 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 149 | |