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Greenwich 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough.
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139
CHEST CLINIC REPORT
I am indebted to Drs. P. Forgacs and D. G. Wraith, Chest
Physicians at the Greenwich Chest Clinic for the following Report
on Tuberculosis in the Borough.
The Clinic tuberculosis register is as under:—
| Men | Women | Boys | Girls | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 536 | 440 | 21 | 21 | 1,018 |
| Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis | 11 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 43 |
| 1,061 | |||||
| Total No. of new patients referred to the Clinic | 1,762 | ||||
| Total No. of attendances | 6,597 | ||||
| Deaths (all causes) | 11 | ||||
(7 result of pulmonary tuberculosis)
Forty-five new cases of pulmonary tuberculosis were notified during the year, in the undermentioned age groups:—
| Males | yrs. | Females |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 10-20 | 2 |
| 3 | 21-30 | 6 |
| 4 | 31-40 | 4 |
| 4 | 41-50 | 2 |
| 6 | 51-60 | 2 |
| 3 | 61-70 | 1 |
| 3 | 71-80 | 2 |
Four cases of non-pulmonary tuberculosis were notified (one
man, renal tuberculosis, one woman, tuberculosis glands, one girl
aged 18 months miliary tuberculosis and one girl aged 8, meningitis).
The total number of patients on our Tuberculosis Register is
very similar to the figure for the last few years, e.g. 1,080 for 1959,
1,078 for 1958 and 1,075 for 1957. Forty-four patients have been
transferred out to other clinics but 20 have been transferred into
this clinic and these figures with the addition of the newly notified
patients keeps the total figure on our register approximately the
same. It is considered advisable that although the tuberculous
disease has apparently healed patients should continue to attend the
Clinic for follow-up supervision as there is a possibility of occasional
unpredictable relapse. If these patients attended a Mass
Radiography Unit instead they would only be referred back again
to the Chest Clinic as a result of the abnormal X-ray findings.