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Croydon 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Annual Returns made to the Ministry of Health for the
Year 1938.
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) : | |||||||||||||
| 103 | 75 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 112 | 81 | 6 | 6 | 205 | |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 6 | 2 | - | 11 |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 86 | 116 | 34 | 36 | 272 |
| 1 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |||
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 73 | 124 | 79 | 52 | 328 |
| 17 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 54 | |
| (b) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 252 | 93 | 627 | ||
| D.—Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st:- | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 396 | 315 | 21 | 17 | 49 | 33 | 19 | 364 | 54 | 36 | |||
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 17 |
| 1. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st | 874 | 2. Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years | |||||||||||
| 3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assistance under the scheme, and cases "lost sight of' | 94 | Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes) | 101 | ||||||||||
| 5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts) | 4,753 | 199 | |||||||||||
| 7. Number of consultations with medical practitioners :— | 8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to homes (including personal consultations) | 160 | |||||||||||
| 24 | |||||||||||||
| (ft) Other | 033 | ||||||||||||
| 9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to homes for Dispensary purposes | 3,593 | 10. Number of:— | |||||||||||
| (a) Specimens of sputum, etc., examined | 1282 | ||||||||||||
| (b) X-ray examinations made in connection with Dispensary work | |||||||||||||
| 11. Number of "Recovered" cases restored to Dispensary Register, and included in A (a) and A(b) above | 3 | 504 | |||||||||||
| (B) Number of Dispensaries for the treatment of Tuberculosis (excluding centres used only for special forms of treatment) | Provided by the Council | One | |||||||||||
| Provided by Voluntary Bodies | Nil | ||||||||||||