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Total Notifications.
During the year, 40 patients in whom the diagnosis was at
first doubtful, were diagnosed as definitely tuberculous, and these
added to the 188 new patients make a total of 228 notified cases.
Of this number, 57 had already been notified to the Medical Officer
of Health, so that 171 were primary notifications from the
Dispensary.
Attendances.
The number of old patients attending the Dispensary is
1,026. For previous years the number has been—
1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921
661 971 1,015 1,039 1,090 1,193 1,230. 1,250 1,474 1,570
For the year, the total number of attendances was 4,910, 1,847
attendances of insured patients, and 3,063 of non-insured patients.
Patients who are insured and who are having treatment from their
own doctors attend the Dispensary for observation at intervals
varying from one to six months according to the necessity of the
case.
Home Visits.
During the year, 264 visits were paid by the Tuberculosis
Officer to patients in their own homes. No home treatment is
undertaken but visits are paid at the request of the Ministry of
Pensions, in consultation with general practitioners, and to newly
notified patients who are in attendance at the Dispensary where
the Dispensary Nurse finds that the home circumstances are not
satisfactory on her first visit.
Visits by Nurses.
The visits paid by the Dispensary Nurses during the year
numbered 7,048. As far as possible, the home of each notified
case on the Dispensary books is visited at intervals of not more
than three months. Where the home conditions, however, are
found to be unsatisfactory and when a patient is in a residential
institution the homes are visited more frequently. In addition
to the visits paid by the Dispensary Nurses, 592 visits were made
by Voluntary Visitors, including students from the Battersea
Polytechnic.
Sanatorium Treatment.
1. Average length of stay of patients in Sanatoria during
the year 1922 16 weeks 5 days
2. The number of patients who showed improvement 65
3. The number of patients who discharged themselves 38