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CLASSIFICATION OF NEW PATIENTS.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
During 1938, 189 new patients were examined at the Clini
and were found to be in the undermentioned stages of the disess
on the first examination:—
T.B. minus (sputum negative or absent) 59 or 31.2%
T.B. plus 1 (early cases, sputum positive) 9 or 4.7%
T.B. plus 2 (intermediate cases, sputum positive)
75 or 39.6%
T.B. plus 3 (advanced cases, sputum positive) 46 or 24.3%
189 or 100.0%
This is 16 fewer than in 1937.
It is well known that Tuberculosis Officers do not see many
the new cases in the early stages of the disease. 1938 was the san
in this respect as 1937; only 35.9% of the cases were first seen
this stage.
The initiative to seek treatment when ill rests with the patie
himself, and the remedy lies in the education of the public as
the symptoms and common dangers of Tuberculosis and the nell
for securing early treatment. It is unfortunate that 63.9% of in
new cases were more or less advanced in the disease, and had pass
the stage when there was any certainty of arrest.
Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
There were 26 cases examined at the Clinic and found to hare
Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis in the following forms:—
Bones and Joints 14
Abdominal 2
Other Organs 6
Peripheral Glands 4
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Table XX. and XXI. summarise the condition of all patier
whose records are at the Clinic at the end of 1938. These table
show that of patients who came under treatment for Pulrnons
Tuberculosis before 1928, 463 adults and 109 children have be Lab