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Report of Tuberculosis Officer—continued.
1. Number of persons on Dispensary Register on January 1st 521
2. Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases
returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years 56
3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not
desiring further assistance under the scheme, and cases
"lost sight of" 123
4. Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes) 51
5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including
Contacts) 2680
6. Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment
on the 31st December 127
Number of G.P. 36 reports from practitioners 94
7. Number of consultations with medical practitioners:—
(a) Personal 23
(b) Other 141
8. Number of other visits by Tuberculosis Officer to Homes
(including personal consultations) 212
9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to Homes
successful 2909 )
for Dispensary purposes unsuccessful 432 3341
successful 1554 10,r.
Visits to cases non-Dispensary cases unsuccessfu llb 1830
10. Number of
(a) Specimens of sputum, &c., examined 677
(b) X-ray examinations made
in connection with Dispensary work 216
(c) Sputum examinations for
sary cases 274
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 268
Notes on Table
It will be noted that the number of persons on the Dispensary
Register on the 31st December, 1936 is 502, a slight decrease over
figure at end of 1935. 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, being 56 as compared with
42 in the previous year. " Transfers to other areas" and " Cases
lost sight of " were 123 as compared with 102 in 1935. 51 deaths
of Dispensary patients occurred, compared with 73 in the previous
year.