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SUMMARY OF CLINIC STATISTICS FOR 1948.
Number of persons on Clinic Register, January 1st, 1948
1,546
,, notified cases examined for the first time
57
,, cases sent for an opinion
1,116
,, first attendances, including 62 inward transfers
1,760
,, consultations of T.O. with medical practitioners—
(a) Personal
12
(b) Other
1,276
,, visits paid by T.O. to homes of patients
189
,, visits paid by T.O. to Mayday Hospital
159
,, patients examined by T.O. at Mayday Hospital
1,102
,, visits paid to homes of patients by Health Visitors
2,4413
„ visits paid to homes of patients by District Nurses
for nursing attention
520
Attendances of patients at the Clinic-
Men
4,127
Women
4,050
Children
2,224
Total
10,401
Number of X-Rays taken 4,265
,, reports made to Ministry of Pensions by T.O. on
general progress of Tuberculous ex-Service men 69
„ special reports made to the Ministry of Pensions by
T.O. re Tuberculous ex-Service men (Form
M.P.M.S.D. 122) 66
,, cases referred for Light Treatment 1
„ cases referred to Orthopaedic Clinic 11
„ cases receiving extra nourishment at the end of year 12
,, cases referred by the Ministr) of Labour and
National Service Medical Board for examination
and report 32
cases on the Clinic Register (including those under
observation) on the 31st December, 1948 1,938
,, families rehoused because of recommendations
made by Chest Physical! on the grounds of risk
of infection to others through a tuberculous
patient being in the home 11
MASS RADIOGRAPHY WORK.
Number of persons X-rayed by Miniature Mass Radiography unit
of the Surrey County Council during visits to
factories in Croydon 10,392
Fn addition there were about 200 persons who were Xrayed by
the unit at the Chest Clinic during the last four
weeks of the year.
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