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1. Number of cases on Dispensary
Register on
January 1st
1,576
8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis
Officers to homes
(including personal consultations)
924
2. Number of cases transferred
from other areas
and cases returned after
discharge under Head 3
in previous years
55
9. Number of visits by Nurses
or Health Visitors to
homes for Dispensary
purposes
7,479
10. Number of:—
(а) Specimens of sputum,
&c., examined
(б) X-ray examinations
made in connection
with Dispensary work
855
1,260
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3. Number of cases transferred
to other areas,
cases not desiring further
assistance under the
tuberculosis scheme, and
cases " lost sight of "
126
11. Number of " Recovered "
cases restored to Dispensary
Register, and included
in A(a) and A(b)
above
4. Cases written off during
the year as Dead (all
causes)
127
5. Number of attendances at
the Dispensary (including
Contacts)
6,371
12. Number of "T.B. plus"
cases on Dispensary Register
on December 31st
650
6. Number of Insured Persons
under Domiciliary
Treatment on December
31st
250
13. Number of Refills carried
out by Tuberculosis
Officer
401
7. Number of consultations
with medical practitioners
:—
(а) Persona
(b) Other
328
1,312
14. Number of hospital consultations
by Tuberculosis
Officer at St. Giles'
Hospital
229
Housing and Tuberculosis.
The spread of this disease by environmental causes such as
bad housing is well known. Healthy conditions with separate
bedroom accommodation for the patient is a safeguard against
other members of the family being exposed to the risk of infection.
The following tables indicate in brief the particulars of housing
accommodation of 333 families in which there was a primary
notification of tuberculosis in 1938.