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Croydon 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Annual Returns made to the Ministry of Health for the
Year, 1937.
Table XV.
(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 | 121 | 71 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 128 | 81 | 5 | 5 | 219 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 10 | — | 3 | 18 |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | 85 | 99 | 38 | 44 | 266 | ||||||||
| B.—Contacts examined during year :— (a) Definitely tuberculous... | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 4 |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 63 | 118 | 60 | 46 | 287 |
| C.—Cases written off the Dispensary Register as :— (a) Recovered | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 60 |
| (b) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 157 | 231 | 99 | 92 | 579 |
| D.—Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st (a) Definitely tuberculous | 379 | 301 | 18 | 20 | 31 | 50 | 31 | 22 | 410 | 351 | 49 | 42 | 852 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 22 |
I. Number of cases on Dispensary 2. Number of cases transferred from
Register on January 1st 875 other areas and cases returned
after discharge under Head 3 in
previous years 64
3. Number of cases transferred to Cases written off during the year as
other areas, cases not desiring Dead (all causes) 124
further assistance under the
scheme, and cases "lost sight of" 101
5. Number of attendances at the 6. Number of Insured Persons under
Dispensary (including Contacts) 4,780 Domiciliary Treatment on the
31st December 204
7. Number of consultations with 8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis
medical practitioners :— Officers to homes (including
(a) Personal 39 personal consultations) 202
(b) Other 607
9. Number of visits by Nurses or 10. Number of:—
Health Visitors to homes for (a) Specimens of sputum, etc.,
Dispensary purposes 3,888 examined 1173
(b) X-ray examinations made in
connection with Dispensary
work 547
11. Number of "Recovered" cases 2. Number of "T.B. plus " cases on
restored to Dispensary Register, Dispensary Register on 31st
and included in A (a) and A (b) December 476
above 2
(B) Number of Dispensaries tor the treatment of Provided by the Council One
Tuberculosis (excluding centres used
only for special forms of treatment)