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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Chelsea 1931
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1931
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TABLE No. 52.
| Diagnosis. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Total. | GrandTotal __ | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | ||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F- | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| A. —New cases examined during the year excluding contacts)— | |||||||||||||
| (a)Definitely tuberculous | 29 | 27 | — | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 31 | 3 | 8 | 549 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | |
| (e) Hon-tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 9 | 100 | 141 | 87 | |
| B. —Contacts examined during the year:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 121 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | 43 | 20 | 27 | |
| C.— Cases written off the Dispensary Register as:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 595 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 102 | 206 | 108 | 116 | ||
| D. —Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st- | |||||||||||||
| 115 | 95 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 120 | 103 | 15 | 19 | 266 | |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | |
1. N umber of cases on Dispensary 2. Number of cases transferred from
Register on January 1st 250 other areas and cases returned
after discharge under Head 3 in
previous years 19
3. Number of cases transferred to
other areas, cases not desiring 4. Cases written off during the year
further assistance under the as Dead (all causes) 31
scheme, and cases " lost sight
of '' 47
5. Number of attendances at the Dis6. Number of Insured Persons under
pensary (including Contacts) 2,999 Domiciliary Treatment on the
31st December 5
~t Number of consultations with 8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis
medical practitioners :— Officers to homes (including
(a.) Personal 2 personal consultations) 53
(6.) Other 98
10. Number of : —
9-. Number of visits by Nurses or (a.) Specimens of sputum, etc.,
Health Visitors to homes for examined 305
Dispensary purposes 3,859 (b.) X-ray examinations made 297
in connection with Dispensary
work.
11. Mumber of " Recovered " cases 12. Number of " T.B. plus " cases on
restored to Dispensary Register, Dispensary Register on
and included in A(a) and A(b) ber 31st 117
above —
B—Number of Dispensaries for the treatment of Tuberculosis (excluding
centres used only for special forms of treatment) :—
Provided by the Council —
Provided by Voluntary Bodies One
(Signed) W. H. L. MCCARTHY, Chief Tuberculosis Officer.