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The Tuberculosis Officer paid 68 visits to Mayday Hospital,
in a consultative capacity, and there examined 309 patients.
Patients requiring home nursing or surgical dressings are
attended to by the nurses from the Croydon Nursing Service, by
arrangement with that organisation, and 371 such visits were
made during the year. Their assistance is a valuable adjunct in
the care of domiciliary cases.
Contact Examination.
The contacts of definite cases are urged to attend the Clinic
for examination (and subsequent supervision). This is an
important preventative measure. During the year 329 contacts
were examined, equal to 267 for each 100 deaths, compared with
238 in 1942, 227 in 1941, 278 in 1940, 325 in 1939, and 301 in
1938. Of these 12 were considered to be tuberculous. This is
equal to a tuberculosis rate per 1,000 contacts of 36.4, compared
with 1.92 per 1,000 of the general population.
515 appointments for examination were offered to new contacts
during 1943, but only 329 new contacts attended and were
examined.
The Clinic Register of Cases.
The number of cases of Tuberculosis under the supervision
of the Clinic at the end of the year was 1,016. This is equivalent
to 5.1 persons per 1,000 of the population.
During the year 94 Clinic cases died. Of this number 26 or
27.6 per cent, were seen for the first time in 1943.
SUMMARY OF CLINIC STATISTICS FOR 1943.
Number of persons on Clinic Register, J&nuary 1st, 1943 894
,, notified cases examined for the first time 55
,, cases sent for an opiniin 701
,, first attendances, including 71 inward transfers 1,332
,, consultations of T.O. with medical practitioners—
(a) Personal 13
(b) Other 532
,, visits paid by T.O. to homes of patients 60
,, visits paid by T.T3. to Cheam Sanatorium 1
,, visits paid by T.O. to Mayday Hospital 68
,, patients examined by T.O. at Mayday Hospital 309
,, visits paid to homes of patients by Health Visitors 2,305
,, visits paid to homes of patients by District Nurses
for nursing attention 371
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