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Croydon 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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The proportion of known tuberculosis in the Borough which is
dealt with through I he Dispensary continues to be satisfactorily high,
as is shown by the following estimate :—
(1) Total Primary Notifications, 1917 477
(2) Total new cases seen at Dispensary and
diagnosed as tuberculous, 1917 440
Practically all the cases in (2) may be reckoned as included
in (1).
Therefore approximately 94 per cent, of the cases notified in
the Borough in 1916 were seen by the Medical Officer to the
Tuberculosis Dispensary.
In iqi7 361 new cases were treated through, as well as being
seen, at the Dispensary.
SANATORIUM AND HOSPITAL TREATMENT:
TABLE T. 7.
| M. | W. | c. | T1. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (A) Persons in Sanatoria on Jan. 1st, 1917 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 45 |
| (B) Persons who were admitted to and discharged from Sanatoria during 1917 | 71 | 54 | 9 | 134 |
| (C) Persons who were admitted to and died at Sanatoria during 1917 | _ | 1 | _ | 1 |
| (D) Persons in Sanatoria on December 31st, 1917 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 48 |
Note.—Two women and one child appear in (A) and (D).
(i.) The total individuals receiving treatment in Sanatoria during 1917 is
therefore [A + B + D—3].
Men 108
Women 93
Children 24
225
(ii.) The total individuals sent to Sanatoria in 1917 is [B + C + D].
Men 93
Women 74
Children 16
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Remarks.
(i.) 97 men and 62 women were "insured persons."
(ii.) Certain of these cases received more than one kind or period of institutional
treatment in 1915 as follows :—
1 man had previously been treated at the Borough Hospital in
1917.
(iii.) 13 of the children were boys and 12 were girls.