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Croydon 1918
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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The proportion of known tuberculosis in the Borough which is
dealt with through the Dispensary continues to be satisfactorily high,
as is shown by the following estimate :—
(1) Total Primary Notification, 1918 457
(2) Total new cases seen at Dispensary and
diagnosed as tuberculous, 1918 406
Practically all the cases in (2) may be reckoned as included
in (1).
Therefore approximately 89 per cent. of the cases notified in
the Borough in 1918 were seen by the Medical Officer to the
Tuberculosis Dispensary.
In 1918 293 new cases were treated through, as well as being
seen, at the Dispensary.
SANATORIUM AND HOSPITAL TREATMENT:
TABLE T. 4.
SUMMARY OF CASES TREATED AT SANATORIA,
1918.
| M. | W. | C. | T 1. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (A) Persons in Sanatoria on Jan. 1st, 1918 | 25 | 19 | 9 | 53 |
| (B) Persons who were admitted to and discharged from Sanatoria during 1918 | 80 | 46 | 6 | 132 |
| (C) Persons who were admitted to and died at Sanatoria daring 1918 | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| (D) Persons in Sanatoria on December 31st, 1918 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 54 |
| (i.) The total individuals receiving treatment in Sanatoria during 1918 is therefore [A + B + C + 1)—3]. | ||||
| 132 | 239 | |||
| 83 | ||||
| 24 | ||||
(ii ) The total individuals sent to Sanatoria in 1918 is [B + C + D—3].
Men 107
Women 64 184
Children13
Remarks.
(i.) 114 men and 51 women were "insured persons." Of the insured men 61
were ex-service men.
(ii.) 11 of the children were boys and 13 were girls.