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Battersea 1934
[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 1934.
(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) :— | |||||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 88 | 59 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 93 | 62 | 7 | 7 | 169 | ||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | 28 | 8 | 15 | 65 | |||
| (c) Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 58 | 104 | 50 | 52 | 264 | ||
| B.—Contacts examined during the | |||||||||||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |||
| (c) Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 28 | 60 | 62 | 49 | 199 | ||
| C.—Cases written off the Dispensary | |||||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | 11 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 18 | 62 | ||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 96 | 189 | 120 | 109 | 514 | |||
| D.—Number of cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st | |||||||||||||||
| 331 | 244 | 22 | 30 | 34 | 42 | 75 | 50 | 365 | 286 | 97 | 80 | 828 | |||
| (6) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | 40 | 16 | — | 105 | ||
| 1. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st | 965 | 2. Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years | 34 | ||||||||||||
| 3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assistance under the Scheme, and cases " lost sight of " | 102 | 4. Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes) | 95 | ||||||||||||
| 5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts) | 3,577 | 6. Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st December | 179 | ||||||||||||
| 7. Number of consultations with medical practitioners :— (a) Personal + | 10 304 | 8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to homes (including personal consultations) + | 290 | ||||||||||||
| 9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to Homes for Dispensary purposes | 4,200 | 10. Number of (a) Specimens of sputum, &c., examined | 536 ( + 259 others) 123 | ||||||||||||
| 11. Number of " Recovered " cases restored to Dispensary Register, and included in A (a) and A (b) above... | 3 | 12. Number of " T.B. plus " cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st | 404 | ||||||||||||
| (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 — | |||||||||||||||