Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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1. Number of cases on Dispensary
Register on January 1st 1,066
2. Number of cases transferred from
other areas and cases returned
after discharge under Head 3 in
previous years 68
3. Number of cases transferred to
other areas, cases not desiring
further assistance under the
scheme, and cases " lost sight of" 101
Cases written off during the year as
Dead (all causes) 128
5. Number of attendances at the
Dispensary (including Contacts) 5,971
6. Number of Insured Persons under
Domiciliary Treatment on the
31st December 240
7. Number of consultations with
medical practitioners:-
(a) Personal 21
(b) Other 727
8 Number of visits by Tuberculosis
Officers to homes (including
personal consultations) 262
9. Number of visits by Nurses or
Health Visitors to homes for
Dispensary purposes 4,443
10. Number of:-
(а) Specimens of sputum, etc.,
examined 1068
(б) X-ray examinations made in
connection with Dispensary
work 230
11. Number of "Recovered" cases
restored to Dispensary Register,
and included in A (a) and A (ft)
above 1
2. Number of "T.B. plus" cases on
Dispensary Register on 31st
December 516
(B) Number of Dispensaries for the treatment of
Tuberculosis (excluding centres used
only for special forms of treatment)
Provided by the Council 1
Provided by Voluntary Bodies Nil
(C)
Name of Institution.
For Pulmonary Cases
For Non-Pulmonary
Cases
Adults
Children
under 15
Adults
Children
under 15
Total.
Croydon Borough Sanatorium,
North Cheam, Surrey, 93 93
Mayday Hospital,
Mayday Road,
Thornton Heath
Beds reserved for Tuberculosis cases are
used for Pulmonary or Non-Pulmonary patients,
as required. ,
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