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0 Includes 82 school children found tuberculin positive under school scheme and who
had not previously received B.C.G.
* The three sub-divisions of new respiratory cases are estimated as follows from the
standard P.A. film.
Group I Total area of disease not exceeding one third of one lung in aggregate
Group II Total area of disease not exceeding two thirds of one lung in aggregate
Group III Total area of disease exceeding (including miliary disease) two thirds of
one lung in aggregate
Tuberculosis pleural effusions, pleural thickening without obvious lung involvement
and enlarged hilar glands are placed in Group I
3. Number of cases of non-respiratory tuberculosis included in 1 above, new to the clinics
(but excluding transfers from other clinics) during the year ended 31st December 1969:-
Men Women Children Total
8 14 2 24
4. Number of cases included in 1 above whose broncho-pulmonary secretion was positive
during the year — 42
The Care of the Unsupported Mother
The Authority has one Mother and Baby Home, Guilford House, and this provides 14
ante-natal beds and 14 post-natal beds with 14 cots. No deliveries take place in the home.
A revision of the establishment of this home and the introduction of trained nursery
nurses to replace attendants was effected this year and this led to an improvement in the
standard of care the babies received. The nursery nurses were also helpful in teaching the
mothers the general principles of mothercraft and infant care and showed an interest in
the general running of the home.
Of the 96 referrals to the department, 68 were admitted to Guilford House, 20 were
admitted to other Local Authority Homes and 8 were not admitted. In addition, 84 cases
were admitted to Guilford House from other Authorities.
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