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PULMONARY NON-PULMONARY
Men Women Children* Total Men Women Children* Total
Notified cases on Register at
1st January 196 1 620 468 20 1,108 54 54 13 121
Add -
Notifications 39 19 4 62 3 3 - 6
Transfers from other areas 38 24 62 1 2 3
Children transferred to adults 4-- 4 - - - -
Deduct: -
Deaths (all causes) .8 1 - 9 - - - -
Left the Borough 41 28 1 70 - 2 1 3
Recovered 32 17 4 53 4 1 5
Children transferred to adults - -4 4 - - -
Other reasons 10 5 1 16 - - - -
Notified cases on Register at
31st December, 1961 .610 460 14 1,084 58 53 11 122
*For the purpose of this Return, children are recognised as adults upon attaining the age of 15 years
T.B. Death Rate: 3.5 per 100,000 Population compared with 3.5 in 1960
T B Notification Rate: 60.9 per 100 000 Population compared with 73.5 in 1960
FULHAM CHEST CLINIC - ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1961
(SUPPLIED BY COURTESY OP DR. H. C. PRICE - CHEST PHYSICIAN)
The Pattern of Chest Clinic Work in the Last Decade
1951
1961
Total number of Tuberculosis Cases on Clinic Register
1,163
1, 206
Number of new cases notified
131
68
Number of deaths
52
9
Total attendances
6,725
7,876
Total number of patients x-rayed
2, 548
4,141
Number of tuberculous patients on domiciliary treatment
57
Nil
Number of patients on T.B. hospital waiting list
40
Nil
The above table shows the trend in tuberculosis and general chest clinic work that
has occurred in the last decade.
During this period, the back of the tuberculosis problem has been broken and the
extent of the non tuberculous chest disease, bronchiectasis, bronchitis and carcinoma of
the lung has been exposed. The fall in the incidence 68 (83 in 1960) and the deaths
9 (17 in 1960) from tuberculosis has continued, and again this year there are no deaths
from non-pulmonary tuberculosis.
The number of new patients referred with non-tuberculous chest disease continues to
rise - for new cases from 274 to 303, and the slight fall in the attendances for the
tuberculous patient from 2,102 to 1,999 is more than compensated for by the increased
attendance from bronchitic patients, 1,767 to 2,153, so that there is a rise in the total
clinic attendances from 7,688 to 7,876 and the number of x-ray films taken rose from
3,701 to 4,141.
The number of domiciliary visits by the Chest Physician was almost unchanged at
70 (71 in 1960) and were entirely made to bronchitic patients during their acute attacks
in the winter months.