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Report of Tuberculosis Officer—continued.
1. Number of persons on Dispensary Register on January 1st 621
2. Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases
returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years 23
3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not
desiring further assistance under the scheme, and cases
"lost sight of" 103
4. Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes) 75
5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including
Contacts) 2886
6. Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment
on the 31st December 164
Number of G.P. 36 reports from practitioners 149
7. Number of consultations with medical practitioners:
(a) Personal 16
(b) Other 80
8. Number of other visits by Tuberculosis Officer to Homes
(including personal consultations) 206
9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to Homes
successful 2403
for Dispensary purposes unsuccessful 66 3072
successful 1408
Visits to cases non-Dispensary cases unsuccessful 330 1738
10. Number of
(a) Specimens of sputum, &c, examined 660
(b) X-ray examinations made 138
in connection with Dispensary work
(c) Sputum examinations for non-Dispensary
cases 353
11. Number of "Recovered" cases restored to Dispensary
Register, and included in A (a) and A(b) above 1
12. Number of "T.B. plus" cases on Dispensary Register on
the 31st December 304
Notes on Table I.
It will be noted that the number of persons on the Dispensary
Register on the 31st December, 1931 is almost the same as at the
beginning of the year. The number of patients coming into the
Borough from other areas and of cases which had been lost sight
of and returned to the Register, is 23 as compared with 19 in the