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Battersea 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Form T 145 TUBERCULOSIS SCHEME OF THE BATTERSEA METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL. Return for the Year 1931. Return showing the work of the Dispensary (or Dispensaries).
| 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 | 71 | 82 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 73 | ;o | 12 | 13 | 168 | ||
| *(6) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | 23 | 16 | 21 | 84 | ||
| — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 86 | 122 | 57 | 52 | 317 | |||
| B.—Contacts examined during the year:— | |||||||||||||||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | — | 1 | |||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||
| (c) Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | 47 | 66 | 68 | 203 | ||
| c.—Cases written off the Dispensary Register as— | |||||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | ||
| (b) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 119 | 177 | 135 | 126 | 557 | ||
| D.—Number of cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st | |||||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 346 | 232 | 41 | 45 | 33 | 40 | 109 | 67 | 379 | 272 | 150 | 112 | 913 | ||
| — | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | 29 | 31 | 17 | 26 | 103 | |||
| I. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st | 971 | 2. Number of patients 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 " | 76 | 4. Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes) | 117 | ||||||||||||
| 5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts) | 3,917 | 6. Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st December | 122 | ||||||||||||
| 7. Number of consultations with medical practitioners :— | 24 369 | 8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to homes (including personal consultations) | 204 | ||||||||||||
| 9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to Homes for Dispensary purposes | 4,175 | 10. Number of | 769 | ||||||||||||
| (a) Specimens of sputum, &c.. examined | (563 others) | ||||||||||||||
| 129 | |||||||||||||||
| 11. Number of " Recovered " cases restored to Dispensary Register, and included in A (a) and A (b) above... | 2 | 12. Number of " T.B. plus " cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st | 407 | ||||||||||||
B.—Number of Dispensaries for the treatment of Tuberculosis (excluding centres used only
for special forms of treatment):—
Provided by the Council 1
Provided by Voluntary Bodies —
* i.e., remaining undiagnosed on 31st December. [See Memo. 37/T (Revised), p. 10, Sec. II., Note 4.]