[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon] page 63

Croydon 1915

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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TUBERCULOSIS WORK.

General Survey of Cases dealt with through the Dispensary and work done in connection with them.

TABLE T. 2.

Table showing origin of Cases seen at the Dispensary for the first

time in 1915.

Cause of person attending Dispensary.	Insured.				Uninsured.*				Grand Total.
Cause of person attending Dispensary.	Men.	Women	Child'n	Total.	Men.	Women	Chiln'n	Total.	Grand Total.
(1) Referred by local doctors or hospital for diagnosis, treatment or advice	122	77	...	199	40	70	56	166	365
(2) Ditto ditto by School Medical Officers	...	...	...	...	...	...	104	104	104
(3) Ditto ditto from other, chiefly charitable, sources+	13	9	...	22	8	25	64	97	119
(4) Seen as " Contacts"	8	10	...	18	6	39	177	222	240
	143	96	...	239	54	134	401	589	828
* This includes dependents of insured persons †This includes 5 men from Army and Navy; 3 men and 2 women from other Committees.

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TABLE T. 3.

Table showing the way in which new cases were dealt with

in 1915.

	Insured.				Uninsured				Grand Total.
	Men.	Women	Child'n	Total.	Men.	Women	Child'n	Total.
(1) Diagnosed as tuberculous :
(a) Treated through the Dispensary	95	67	...	162	36	71	148	255	417
(b) Treated elsewhere	6	3	...	9	11	11	11	33	42
(2) Diagnosis not settled-Kept under observation	14	7	...	21	2	7	67	76	97
(3) Diagnosed not tuberculous	28	19	...	47	5	45	175	225	272
	143	96	...	239	54	134	401	589	828