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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Croydon 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Table XIV.
(A) Return showing the work of the Dispensary.
| Diagnosis. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Total. | Grand Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children | |||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |||
| A.—New Cases examined during the year (excluding contacts): | ||||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous. | 89 | 75 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 94 | 93 | 6 | 8 | 201 | |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 63 | 96 | 63 | 60 | 282 | |
| B.—Contacts examined during year:— | ||||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | 8 | |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 76 | 113 | 59 | 60 | 308 | |
| C.—Cases written off the Dispensary Register as:- | ||||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | 7 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 26 | 18 | 15 | 67 | |
| (b) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 144 | 225 | 123 | 122 | 614 | |
| D.—Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st:- | ||||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 392 | 311 | 17 | 18 | 37 | 50 | 44 | 35 | 429 | 361 | 61 | 53 | 904 | |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 20 | |
| 1. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st | 963 | 2. Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years | 58 | |||||||||||
| 3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assistance under the scheme, and cases "lost sight of " | 111 | 4. Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes) | 124 | |||||||||||
| 5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts) | 5,120 | 6. Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st December | 209 | |||||||||||
| 7. Number of consultations with medical practitioners:— | 8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to homes (including personal consultations) | 228 | ||||||||||||
| 32 | ||||||||||||||
| (b) Other | 564 | 10. Number:- | ||||||||||||
| 9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to homes for Dispensary purposes | 3,602 | 656 | ||||||||||||
| (b) X-ray examinations made in connection with Dispensary work | 331 | |||||||||||||
| 11. Number of "Recovered" cases restored to Dispensary Register, and included in A (a) and A (ft) above | 2 | 2. Number of "T.B. plus" cases on Dispensary Register on 31st December | 476 | |||||||||||