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Battersea 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Form T 145
TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS.
BATTERSEA METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL.
Return for the Year 1933.
(a.) 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):— | |||||||||||||
| 84 | 62 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 92 | 72 | 4 | 6 | 174 | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 26 | 13 | 18 | 65 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 83 | 86 | 49 | 61 | 269 | |
| B.—Contacts examined during the year:- | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | 28 | 59 | 56 | 43 | 186 | |
| C.—Cases written off the Dispensary Register as- | |||||||||||||
| 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 33 | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 125 | 159 | 117 | 100 | 501 | |
| D.—Number of cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st:— | |||||||||||||
| 337 | 244 | 30 | 38 | 38 | 50 | 87 | 59 | 375 | 294 | 117 | 97 | 883 | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 35 | 14 | 21 | 82 | |
1. Number of cases on Dispensary
Register on January 1st
968
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"
92
4. Cases written off during the year as
Dead (all causes)
106
5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary
(including Contacts)
3,545
6. Number of Insured Persons under
Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st
December
162
7. Number of consultations with medical
practitioners:—
(a) Personal †
(b) Other
29
332
8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis
Officers to homes (including personal
consultations) †
2 5
9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health
Visitors to Homes for Dispensary
purposes
4,080
10. Number of
(а) Specimens of sputum, &c., examined
(б) X-ray examinations made in connection
with Dispensary work
606
( + 282
others)
138
11. Number of " Recovered" cases restored
to Dispensary Register, and
included in A (a) and A (b) above
12. Number of " T.B. plus" cases on
Dispensary Register on December
31st
403
(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.]
† All personal consultations, whether held at the homes of patients or elsewhere, should be included
in item 7 (a) ; and all visits by Tuberculosis Officers to homes, whether or not accompanied by a personal
consultation already included in item 7 (a), should be entered in item 8.