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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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SUMMARY OF CLINIC STATISTICS FOR 1946.
| Number of persons on Clinic Register, January 1st, 1946 | 1,271 |
| ,, notified cases examined for the first time | 49 |
| ,, cases sent for an opinion | 791 |
| ,, first attendances, including 87 inward transfers | 1,498 |
| ,, consultations of T.O. with medical practitioners— | |
| 14 | |
| 933 | |
| ,, visits paid by T.O. to homes of patients | 124 |
| ,, visits paid by T.O. to Mayday Hospital | 100 |
| ,, patients examined by T.O. at Mayday Hospital | 480 |
| ,, visits paid to homes of patients by Health Visitors | 2.625 |
| ,, visits paid to homes of patients by District Nurses for nursing attention | 441 |
| Attendances of patients at the Clinic— | |
| Men | 2,763 |
| Women | 2,631 |
| Children | 749 |
| Total | 6,143 |
| Number of Insured Patients under Domiciliary Treatment at the end of year— | |
| Pulmonary | 273 |
| Non-Pulmonary | 7 |
| Total | 280 |
| Number of reports received from Panel Practitioners (G.P.36) | 270 |
| ,, report forms sent to Panel Practitioners (G.P.36) | 378 |
| ,, reports received from Panel Practitioners on Forms G.P.17 | — |
| „ reports received from Panel Practitioners on Forms G.P.35 | 1 |
| ,, X-Rays taken | 2,029 |
| ,, reports made to Ministry of Pensions by T.O. on general progress of Tuberculous ex-Service men | 56 |
| „ special reports made to the Ministry of Pensions by T.O. re Tuberculous ex-Service men (Form M.P.M.S.D. 122) | 16 |
| ,, cases referred to Light Treatment | 6 |
| ,, cases referred to Orthopsedic Clinic | 6 |
| ,, cases receiving extra nourishment at the end of year | 16 |
| ,, cases referred by the Ministry of Labour and National Service Medical Board for examination and report | 30 |
Tuberculosis Maintenance and Other Allowances.
The Ministry of Health Tuberculosis Maintenance Allowances
(as in Memorandum 266/T) to alleviate patients' financial
distress caused by loss of income when undertaking treatment for
Pulmonary Tuberculosis, continued to be administered during
1946.