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The total number of attendances at the Clinic was 5,596. The
Tuberculosis Officer paid 207 home visits, and the district health
visitors 4,085 visits for Clinic purposes. In addition, the health
visitors made 289 primary visits for the purpose of the Notification
Register.
Patients requiring home nursing or surgical dressings are
attended to by nurses from the Croydon Nursing Service, by
arrangement with that organisation, and 468 such visits were made
during the year.
The number of contacts examined and the number of patients
visited in their homes by the Tuberculosis Officer shew a decided
decrease below those for 1932. This year shews a considerable
falling off in both these branches of the Clinic's activities owing
to the absence of any help from other members of the medical
staff in consequence of the reduction in the medical staff under the
economy measures it has been found necessary to introduce. As
mentioned previously contact examinations are held to be essentially
preventive and play an important role in any Tuberculosis scheme.
SUMMARY OF CLINIC STATISTICS FOR 1933.
No. of persons on Clinic Register, January 1st, 1933 1,028
„ Notified Cases examined for the first time 50
,, Cases sent for an opinion 304
,, First attendances, including 41 transfers in 890
,, Consultations of T.O. with private practitioners 30
,, Visits paid by T.O. to homes of patients 207
,, Visits paid by T.O. to Mayday Hospital 45
,, Patients examined by T.O. at Mayday Hospital 106
,, Visits paid to homes of patients by Health Visitors & Nurses 4,374
,, Attendances of patients at the Clinic—
Men 1,643
Women 2,448
Children 1,505
Total 5,596
No. of patients under Domiciliary Treatment at end of year—
Pulmonary 208
Non-Pulmonary 5
Total 213
No. of reports received from Panel Practitioners (G.P.36) 632
,, report forms sent to Panel Practitioners (G.P.36) 869
,, reports received from Panel Practitioners on forms G.P.17
and 35 Nil
,, X-rays taken 258
,, reports made to Ministry of Pensions by the T.O. on general
progress of Tuberculous Discharged Ex-Service men 13
,, cases referred for "Light" Treatment 4
,, cases referred to Orthopaedic Clinic
,, cases receiving extra nourishment at end of year 46