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OS
1. Number of patients under treatment or supervision
(excluding persons under observation or
domiciliary treatment) on the 31st December* 280
2. Total number of attendances of
patients at the Dispensary during
the year
Insured 4,742
Uninsured 2,379
3. Number of persons placed during the year under
observation at the Dispensary for the purpose
of diagnosis —
4. Number of cases in which the period of observation
at the Dispensary exceeded two months 40
5. Number of insured patients under domiciliary
treatment on December 31stf 240
6. Number of reports received from Insurance
Practitioners in respect of insured patients under
domiciliary treatment during the year 10
7. Number of persons referred to affiliated hospital
for consultation 16
8. Number of consultations with Medical
Practitioners at the homes of
patients
Insured —
Uninsured —
9. Number of other visits paid by Tuberculosis
Officers to the homes of patients 343
10. Number of visits paid by Nurses or Health
Visitors to the homes of patients for dispensary
purposes 2,715
11. Number of specimens of sputum examined in
connection with the work of the Dispensary 432
* Insured persons under domiciliary treatment by Insurance practitioners have been excluded, even though they may have attended the dispensary at intervals for
examination or consultation. Such cases have been included under Head 5.
† So far as can be ascertained all insured persons in the dispensary area actually receiving domiciliary treatment from Insurance Practitioners have been included,
irrespective of the date upon which they were placed under domiciliary treatment and of any attendance at the dispensary.
17th February, 1923.
(Signed) A. J. McFARLAND,
Medical Officer of the Dispensary.