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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 97
certain number of the cases when first seen at the dispensaries were
too ill for either dispensary or institutional treatment; a certain
number attended at the request of their medical attendant for an
opinion only.
Disposal of Tuberculous Cases, 1915, at End of Year.
Recovered 1
Under treatment at Dispensaries 139
„ in Sanatoria 29
„ at Hospitals 14
„ in Poor Law Infirmaries 3
„ by Medical Practitioners 76
Ceased attending through lack of interest 2
Left the Borough 33
Died 33
Total 330
Table LV. deals with all the tuberculous cases of 1913 and
1914 only. They are divided into 12 classes. The number in
Class 1 is very small, but it is seldom possible to consider a patient
cured under a lapse of three or four years after recovery. Many
of the cases in Classes 2 and 3 may be permanently recovered, and
it is hoped that as time goes on there may be a considerable move
of cases from 4 to 3, 3 to 2, and from 2 to 1. It will be seen that
the percentage numbers of the classes for the two years are remarkably
parallel. Most of those in Class 2 are at work, and it is difficult
to get them to come up for examination.
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