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Enfield 1970

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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PERSONAL HEALTH

Table: Table 20Prophylaxis, Care and After-CareTuberculosis: Statistics of Chest Clinic

Table 20

Prophylaxis, Care and After-Care

Tuberculosis: Statistics of Chest Clinic

1.Number of cases of tuberculosis under treatment, supervision or observation at 31st December, 1970:
RespiratoryNon-Respiratory
MenWomenChildrenTotalMenWomenChildrenTotal
8576421151,6117612512213
2.Number of cases of respiratory tuberculosis under Section 1 above, new to the clinic (but excluding transfers from other clinics) during the year ended 31st December, 1970:
Classification*Non-Bacteriologically ConfirmedBacteriologically Confirmed
MenWomenChildrenTotalMenWomenChildrenTotal
Group I2319165834—7
Group II3529—6464—10
Group III3——32——2
614816125118—19
3.Number of cases of non-respiratory tuberculosis included in Section 1 above, new to the clinic (but excluding transfers from other clinics) during the year ended 31st December, 1970:
MenWomenChildrenTotal
511117
4.Number of cases included in Section 1 above, whose bronchopulmonary secretion was positive during the year 26.
* The three sub-divisions of new respiratory cases are estimated as follows from the standard P.A. film:
Group I —
Total area of disease not exceeding one-third of one lung in aggregate.
Group II —
Total area of disease not exceeding two-thirds of one lung in aggregate.
Group III —
Total area of disease exceeding (including miliary disease) two-thirds of one lung in aggregate.
Tuberculous pleural effusions, pleural thickening without obvious lung involvement and enlarged hilar glands are placed in Group I.