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Number of patients under treatment or supervision on the 31st
December, 1922 193
Total number of attendances at the Dispensary during 1922:—
Insured 1211
Uninsured 2057
3268
Number of persons placed under observation for diagnosis 187
Number of observation cases where observation exceeded two
months 58
Number of visits paid by Tuberculosis Officers to homes of
patients 36
Number of visits paid by Nurses to homes of patients 3378
Number of specimens of sputum examined 957
Number of X-ray examinations 35
Number of Complement Fixation Tests 11
Cancer.
The number of deaths from Cancer in Chelsea in 1922 was 106, as
against 112 in 1921. The average annual number of deaths in the 5 years
1916-20, was only 85, so that the Cancer mortality appears to be increasing
somewhat rapidly. In London generally the average annual
number of deaths from Cancer in the 5 years, 1916-20, was 5,276, and the
average for the 2 years 1921-2 was 5,889. The Chelsea increase for the
past two years over the preceding 5 years average has been 28 per cent.,
and the London increase has been 11.6 per cent.
Deaths in Lunatic Asylums.
The number of deaths of Chelsea residents in Mental Hospitals and
Asylums in 1922 was 31, as compared with 24 in 1921.
Emephalitis Lethargica.
There were no cases of this disease notified in Chelsea in 1922. In
London 71 cases were notified during the year, and there were 50 deaths,
the case fatality being 70 per cent.
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.
Four cases of this disease were notified in Chelsea in 1922, namely:
male, 39, ended fatally, but was really Influenza; female, 1 year, 9
months, died in Victoria Hospital; male, 2 years, 2 months, died in
St. George's Hospital; female, 22, died in St. George's Hospital, cause
of death was Staphylococcal Pycemia, not Cerebro-spinal Meningitis.
In London generally 88 cases of Cerebro-spinal Meningitis were notified
in 1922, as against 106 in 1921, and 67 deaths were registered from this
disease, the case fatality being 76 per cent.
Polio-Myelitis and Polio-Encephalitis.
No cases of these diseases were notified in Chelsea in 1922. In London
36 cases of Polio-Myelitis and 5 of Polio-Encephalitis were notified in
1922, there being 11 deaths from the two diseases.
Puerperal Fever.
Three cases of Puerperal Fever were notified in Chelsea in 1922, the
same number as in 1921. There were 2 deaths. Two of the cases were
admitted to the Chelsea Infirmary.