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Tuberculosis Dispensaries.
Table XXIX. gives further details of the work carried
out during the year.
TABLE XXIX.
1.
Number of patients transferred from other areas and
"lost sight of" cases returned
37
2.
Number of patients transferred to other areas and cases
"lost sight of"
61
3.
Died during the year
180
4.
Number of observation cases in which period of observation
exceeded 2 months
34
5.
Number of attendances at the dispensaries
5128
6.
Total number of reports, etc., made in connection with
the dispensaries
6296
7.
Number of attendances at General Hospitals or Institutions
of patients for:—
(a.) Light treatment
268
(b.) Other special forms of treatment
410
8.
Number of patients to whom Dental Treatment was
given in connection with the Dispenary
28
9.
Number of consultations with Medical Practitioners:—
(a.) At homes of applicants
81
(b.) Otherwise
2147
10.
Number of other visits by Tuberculosis Officers at
homes
201
11.
Number of visits by Health Visitors or Nurses to homes
for dispensary purposes
5236
12.
Number of:—
(a.) Specimens of Sputum, etc., examined
2068
(b.) X-ray examinations made in connection with
dispensary work
71
The number of patients who received institutional treatment
under the London County Council's Tuberculosis Scheme
during 1929 was as follows:—
(a.) In Hospitals for observation 53
(b.) In Sanatoria 358
(c.) In Hospitals for Advanced Cases 40
Total 451
The above figures do not include patients treated either
in private or in poor law institutions.
As in former years great difficulty was experienced in
arranging for the institutional treatment of advanced cases.
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