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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Annual Returns made to the Ministry of Health for the Year 1935.
Table XIII.
(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 | 101 | 77 | 6 | — | 4 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 105 | 87 | 13 | 1 | 206 | |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 22 | |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 60 | 93 | 50 | 41 | 244 | |
| B.-Contacts examined during year:— | ||||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 1 | 6 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | — | 1 | 8 | |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | 4 | |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 74 | 107 | 77 | 73 | 331 | |
| C.—Cases written off the Dispensary Register as:— | ||||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | 12 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 60 | |
| (b) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 136 | 211 | 132 | 118 | 597 | |
| D.-Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st:- | ||||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous... | 384 | 300 | 16 | 19 | 29 | 50 | 37 | 29 | 413 | 350 | 53 | 48 | 864 | |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 26 | |
| 1. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st | 924 | 2. Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years | 55 | |||||||||||
| 3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assistance under the scheme, and cases "lost sight of" | 123 | 4. Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes) | 124 | |||||||||||
| 5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts) 5 | 026 | 6. Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st December | 183 | |||||||||||
| 7. Number of consultations with medical practitioners:— | 8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to homes (including personal consultations) | 195 | ||||||||||||
| (a) Personal | 32 | |||||||||||||
| (b) Other | 537 | |||||||||||||
| 9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to homes for Dispensary purposes | 3,764 | 10. Number of:— | ||||||||||||
| (a) Specimens of sputum, etc., examined | 781 | |||||||||||||
| (ft) X-ray examinations made in connection with Dispensary work | 369 | |||||||||||||
| 11. Number of "Recovered" cases restored to Dispensary Register, above | 1 | 12. Number of "T.B. plus" cases on Dispensary Register on 31st December | 455 | |||||||||||