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Battersea 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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TUBERCULOSIS SCHEME OF THE BATTERSEA Pulmonary Supplementary Annual Return showing in summary form (a) the Register ; and (6) the reasons for removal of all cases written off the patients were first entered on the Dispensary Register as definite
| Condition at the time of the last record made during the year to which the Return relates. | Previous to 1921. | 1921—6. | 1927. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Class T.B minus. | Class T.B. plus. | Class T.B. minus. | Class T.B. plus. | Class T.B. minus. : | Class T.B. plus. | ||||||||||||
| Group 1. | Group 2. | Group 3. | Total (Class T.B. plus)- | Group 1. | Group 2. | Group 3. | Total (Class T.B. plus). | Group 1. | Group 2. | Group 3. | Total (Class T.B. plus). | ||||||
| 1 (a) Remaining on Dispensary Register on 31st December. | Disease arrested. | Adults—M. | 5 | 3 | 4 | — | 7 | 4 | 1 | 4 | — | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
| F. | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Children | 24 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | |||
| Disease not arrested. | Adults—M. | 5 | 12 | 5 | — | 17 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 1 | 38 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | |
| F. | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | 5 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 23 | 3 | — | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Children | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | 6 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||
| Condition not ascertained during the year | 16 | 2 | 4 | — | 7 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 4 | ||
| Total on Dispensary Register at 31st December | 59 | 24 | 18 | 1 | 43 | 54 | 27 | 50 | 8 | 85 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 24 | ||
| (b) Not now on Dispensary Register and reasons for removal therefrom. | Discharged as recovered. | Adults—M. | — | — | All | classes – | 54 | 7 | 3 | _ | _ | 3 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| F. | — | — | — | — | 63 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Children | — | — | — | — | 220 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Lost sight of or otherwise removed from Dispensary Register | — | _ | — | — | 575 | 99 | 51 | 104 | 38 | 193 | 21 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 28 | ||
| DEAD. | Adults—M. | — | — | — | — | 243 | 25 | 22 | 138 | 154 | 314 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 22 | 47 | |
| F. | — | — | — | — | 183 | 14 | 14 | 67 | 111 | 192 | 5 | — | 20 | 18 | 38 | ||
| Children | — | — | — | — | 42 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | |||
| Total written off Dispensary Register | — | — | — | — | 1380 | 164 | 92 | 315 | 309 | 716 | 29 | 4 | 68 | 42 | 114 | ||
| Grand Totals | — | — | — | — | 1482 | 218 | 119 | 365 | 317 | 801 | 41 | 10 | 82 | 46 | 138 | ||