[Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Nottinghamshire County Council.

  • Nottinghamshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1957
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Credit: [Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Nottinghamshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Examination and B.C.G. Vaccination of Contacts According to information provided from the Nottingham, Mansfield, Newark, Worksop and Retford Chest Clinics, the numbers of family contacts of new County cases examined and given B.C.G. vaccination by the Chest Physicians during 1957 were as follows :— 1957 Men Women Children Total No. of new cases notified 210 159 60 429 No. of new contacts examined (including those examined by X-ray only) . 355 594 1,135 2,084 No. found tuberculous . 11 18 31 60 No. tuberculin tested 40 193 1,082 1,315 No. found negative . 9 54 675 738 No. vaccinated with B.C.G. 7 42 822 871 Total attendances by contacts at Chest Clinics during the year . . 933 1,367 5,186 7,486 It is again pleasing to report an increase in the average number of contacts examined per new case, i.e. from 3.87 in 1956 to 4.86 in 1957. Work of the Tuberculosis/Health Visitors The number of domiciliary visits by the Council’s Tuberculosis / Health Visitors during 1957 was 8,941 compared with 7,933 during 1956 and their attendances at Chest Clinic sessions totalled 974 in 1957 com¬ pared with 1,161 in the previous year. The fall in these latter figures was due to the variation of the Clinic duties of one of the whole-time Tuberculosis Visitors. Shelters During the year, the County Council disposed of one of the nine portable wooden shelters which they have for some time maintained for loan, free of charge, to persons suffering from tuberculosis. Disposal of the eight shelters remaining on charge at 31st December, 1957 was as follows :— No. on loan to patients . 2 No. on loan to Sherwood Village Settlement . 2 No. in store at Sherwood Village Settlement . 4 8