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Chelsea 1940
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1940
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TABLE No. 52. Treatment of Tuberculosis, Year
| Diagnosis. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Total. | Grand Total. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 21 | 13 | 1 | - | 1| | 1 | - | - | 22 | 14 | 1 | - | 161 | |
| (6) Diagnosis not completed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | ||
| (c) Non-tuberculous | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 38 | 56 | 18 | 11 | ||
| B.—Contacts examined during the year:— | ||||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 83 | |
| (6) Diagnosis not completed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| (c) Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | - | - | — | — | — | 12 | 35 | 18 | 17 | ||
| C.—Cases written off the Dis-pensary Register as:— | ||||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | 8 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 215 | |
| (6) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 58 | 92 | 36 | 28 | ||
| D.—Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st:- | ||||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 83 | 64 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 90 | 74 | 13 | 9 | l81 | |
| (6) Diagnosis not completed | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st | 214 | 2. Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years | 32 | |||||||||||
| 3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assistance under the scheme, and cases "lost sight of" | 63 | 4. Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes) | 31 | |||||||||||
| 6. Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st December | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 6. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts) | 1,046 | |||||||||||||
| 8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to homes (including personal consultations) | 18 | |||||||||||||
| 7. Number of consultations with medical practitioners:— (à) Personal (á) Other | 51 | |||||||||||||
| 10. Number of:— (à) Specimens of sputum, etc., examined (á) X-ray examinations made in connection with Dispensary work | 84 303 | |||||||||||||
| 9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to homes for Dispensary purposes | 2,124 | |||||||||||||
| 11. Number of "Recovered" cases restored to Dispensary Register, and included in A(a) and A(b) above | 1 | 12. Number of " T.B. plus " cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st | 94 | |||||||||||
| 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. | ||||||||||||||