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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Report of Tuberculosis Officer.
The Dispensaries were open during the last nine months of the
year, and the first patient was seen at the Weir Dispensary, Balham,
on April 1st.
Except under special circumstances, all patients are examined
at the Dispensaries. A few cases are seen at their homes, in consultation
with their medical practitioners.
The Tuberculosis Officer visits cases requiring special attention
and dispensary cases who become bedridden; and other special cases
are visited by the nurse, who made 242 visits during the year.
Complete records of all cases are kept at the Dispensary.
For a patient suffering from Tuberculosis the record comprises the
personal and family history, the clinical condition, the results of
sputum examinations, and the treatment employed. Particulars
are kept of the number of persons living with the patient, the
sanitary condition of the home, and the health visitor's reports
regarding the home conditions.
Notes on all patients found to be non-tuberculous are filed at
the Dispensaries.
During the nine months 936 patients were examined, of whom
343 were tuberculous. The total attendances at the two dispensaries
were 5,502.
Table LXXVI. shows the total insured and non-insured cases
of each sex, divided into tuberculous and non-tuberculous, the
total attendances and the average attendance per case, under each
heading.
343 tuberculous cases made 4,152 attendances, an average of
12.1 attendance per case.
The insured cases of tuberculosis showed more males than
females, with a much higher average attendance for the males.