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Form T 145.
TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS.
BATTERSEA METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL.
Return for the Year 1936.
(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
79
53
3
3
4
2
4
2
83
55
7
5
150
*(b) Diagnosis not completed
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8
3
1
12
(c) Non-tuberculous
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
127
173
70
64
434
B.—Contacts examined during the
year:—
(a) Definitely tuberculous
3
1
1
–
–
–
–
–
3
1
1
—
5
*(b) Diagnosis not completed...
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
(c) Non-tuberculous
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30
>6
60
bb
232
C.—Cases written off the Dispensary
Register as—
(a) Recovered
10
16
4
9
3
4
17
7
13
20
21
16
70
(b) Non-tuberculous (including
any such cases previously
diagnosed and entered on
the Dispensary Register as
tuberculous)
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
181
272
149
164
766
D.—Number of cases on Dispensary
Register on December
31st
(a) Definitely tuberculous
313
223
16
18
29
38
46
41
342
261
62
59
724
(6) Diagnosis not completed
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8
6
—
1
15
1. Number of cases on Dispensary
Register on January 1st
908
2. Number of cases transferred from
other areas and cases returned
after discharge under Head 3 in
previous years
45
3. Number of cases transferred to
other areas, cases not desiring further
assistance under the Scheme, and
cases "lost sight of "
114
4. Cases written off during the year as
Dead (all causes)
98
5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary
(including Contacts)
4,024
6. Number of Insured Persons under
Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st
December
163
7. Number of consultations with medical
practitioners:—
(a) Personal †
(b) Other
15
384
8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis
Officers to homes (including personal
consultations) †
403
9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health
Visitors to Homes for Dispensary
purposes
4,089
10. Number of
(a) Specimens of sputum, &c., examined
(b) X-ray examinations made in connection
with Dispensary work ...
671
( + 253
non-dis)
401
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
375
(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.