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Battersea 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Form T145
TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS.
BATTERSEA METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL.
Return for the Year 1938.
(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):— | |||||||||||||
| 76 | 56 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 80 | 65 | 6 | 9 | 160 | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 3 | — | — | 9 | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 186 | 164 | 53 | 42 | 445 | |
| B.—Contacts examined during the year:- | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 34 | 84 | 57 | 65 | 240 | |
| C.—Cases written off the Dispensary Register as— | |||||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 24 | |
| (b) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 222 | 256 | 110 | 107 | 695 |
| D.—Number of cases on Dispen-sary Register on 31st Dec-ember:— | |||||||||||||
| 325 | 238 | 14 | 25 | 29 | 40 | 33 | 42 | 354 | 278 | 47 | 67 | 746 | |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | - | - | 12 |
1. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on 1st January 724 2. Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years 40
| 3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assistance under the tuberculosis scheme, and cases "lost sight of" | 76 | 4. Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes) | 68 |
| 5. Number of attendances at the Dispen-sary (including Contacts) | 5,275 | 6. Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st December | 105 |
| 7. Number of consultations with medical practitioners:— (a) Personal † | 5 456 | 8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to homes (including per-sonal consultations) † | 352 |
| 9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to homes for Dispensary purposes | 3,825 | 10. Number of | 697 (+156 non-dis) 2,020 |
| 11. Number of "Recovered" cases re-stored to Dispensary Register, and included in A (a) and A (b) above | 6 | 12. Number of "T.B. plus" cases on Dispensary Register on 31st Dec ember:— | 414 |
(B.)—Number of Dispensaries for the treatment of Tuberculosis (excluding centres used only
for special forms of treatment):—
Provided by the Council One
Provided by Voluntary Bodies Nil
* 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.