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Deptford 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Report of Tuberculosis Officer—continued.
Examination and Supervision of Contacts.
Analysis of contacts of 166 of the cases primarily notified daring the year (including cases notified after death but excluding lodging-house cases and cases in which the diagnosis was not confirmed) :—
| Deptford Park, Evelyn, Vale and St. Paul's Wards. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | T.B. Positive | T.B. Negative | Non-Pul- monary | |
| No. of patients notified No. of above seen at | 166 | 81 | 45 | 40 |
| Dispensary | 104 | 69 | 22 | 13 |
| Total contacts of cases seen at Dispensary— | ||||
| Adults | 221 | 154 | 37 | 30 |
| Children | 112 | 71 | 17 | 24 |
| No. of above contacts examined at Dispensary— | ||||
| Adults | 54 | 36 | 12 | 6 |
| Children | 53 | 37 | 10 | 6 |
| No. of notified cases not seen at Dispensary | 62 | 12 | 23 | 27 |
| Total contacts of above— | ||||
| Adults | 101 | 19 | 32 | 50 |
| Children | 52 | 12 | 18 | 22 |
| No. of above contacts examined at Dispensary — | ||||
| Adults | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| Children | 17 | 6 | — | 11 |
| Total School Contact Cards sent to School Medical Officer | 88 | |||
| (a) Classified as examined | ||||
| at Dispensary— | ||||
| Class 1* | 9 | |||
| Class 2* | 34 | |||
| (b) classifed as not ex amined at Dispensary Class 3* | 45 | |||
*Class 1—Unsatisfactory cases.
*Class 2—Apparently healthy cases.
*Class 3—Not examined.
Approximately sixty-two per cent. of the cases notified, excluding
those notified after death, were seen at the Dispensary before the
end of the year. Probably many of the remainder will be seen
during the present year; these latter being cases notified late in
the year under report or patients who were sent direct to sana-