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1. Number of cases on dispensary
Register on 1st January 1,580
2. Number of cases transferred
from other areas and cases
returned after discharge under
Head 3 in previous years 94
3. Number of cases transferred
to other areas, cases not
desirous of further assistance
under the Scheme and
cases "lost sight of" 243
4. Cases written off during the
year as Dead, (all causes) 105
6. Number of Insured persons
under domiciliary treatment
on 31st December 235
5. Number of attendances at the
dispensary (Including contacts)
6.424
8. Number of visits by
Tuberculosis Officers to
homes (including personal
consultations) 341
7. Number of consultations with
medical practitioners:-
(A) Personal 12
(B) Other 1,691
9. Number of visits by Nurses
or Health Visitors to homes
for dispensary purposes 6,776
10. Number of:-
(a) Specimens of sputum
examined 412
(b) X-ray examinations made
in connection with
dispensary work 1,757
11. Number of recovered cases
restored to dispensary register
and included in A (a) and A (b)
above
12. Number of "T.B.plus"
cases on Dispensary register
on 31st December 473
ARTIFICIAL PNEUMOTHORAX TREATMENT. A total of 1,502 refill
treatments were given to" Camberwell patients as compared with
1,089 in 1941.
Three patients received FINSEN LIGHT TREATMENT and
ten patients DENTAL TREATMENT. EXTRA DIET was given to 65
patients and 62 pocket flasks were supplied.
X-RAY. Every new case or 'contact' attending the Dispensary
during 1942 received X-ray examination.
CARE COMMITTEE. Christmas Seal Sale. The receipts were
£439.11.4. and expenses £55.14.2½. leaving a profit of £383.17.1½.
which provided beds, bedding and other comforts for tuberculous
patients.
HANDICRAFT CLASS. The Handicraft Class continued to meet the
Dispensary on Friday afternoons throughout the year and the
students maintained their interest and attendance. The number
of classes hold was 50 and the average attendance 10. All the
goods made in this class found a ready market.