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(1) Number of persons on Dispensary Register on January 1st 1,013
(2) Number of patients transferred from other areas and of "lost sight of"
cases returned 11
(3) Number of patients transferred to other areas and cases "lost sight of"59
(4) Died during the year 96
(5) Number of observation cases under "A" (b) and "B" (b) above in
which period of observation exceeded 2 months 9
(6) Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including contacts) 4,657
(7) Number of attendances of non-pulmonary cases at Orthopaedic out-
stations for treatment or supervision Nil
(8) Number of attendances, at General Hospitals or other Institutions
approved for the purpose, of patients for—
(a) "Light" treatment 230
(b) Other special forms of treatment 173
(9) Number of patients to whom Dental treatment was given, at or in
connection with the Dispensary 23
(10) Number of consultations with medical practitioners—
(a) At homes of applicants 67
(b) Otherwise 829
(11) Number of other visits by Tuberculosis Officers to Homes 479
(12) Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to Homes for Dispensary
purposes 5,321
(13) Number of—
(a) Specimens of sputum, etc., examined 732
(b) X-ray examinations made, in connection with Dispensary
work 408
(14) Number of insured persons on Dispensary Register on the 31st
December 524
(15) Number of insured persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the
31st December 284
(16) Number of reports received during the year in respect of insured
persons—-
(a) Form G.P. 17 27
(b) Form G.P. 36 162
Staff.—The Dispensary staff consists of one whole-time Tuberculosis Officer,
one half-time Assistant Tuberculosis Officer, three Tuberculosis Health Visitors,
one Clerk-Dispenser and one Lay-Organiser who also acts as Secretary of the Care
Committee.
Post-Graduate Course.—During the year the Tuberculosis Officer was offered,
and, with the approval of the Council, accepted, a scholarship from the Sun Life
Insurance Company of Canada, as a contribution to enable him with forty-nine
others to visit and study the tuberculosis schemes of Canada. He was absent from
this country for five weeks, and on his return gave his impressions of the tuberculosis
schemes there at a special lecture to members of the Council and of the Woolwich
Tuberculosis Care Committee.