[Report 1928] / Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council.

Shropshire (England). County Council.

Date:: 1928

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Credit: [Report 1928] / Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Visits by the Tuberculosis Medical Officers for 1928. To Insured Patients. To Non-Insured Patients. To School Children. On notifi¬ cation. Con¬ tacts. Sus¬ pects. On dis- cnarge from Sana¬ torium. On other occa¬ sions. On notifi - cation. Con¬ tacts. Sus¬ pects. On dis¬ charge from Sana¬ torium. On other occa¬ sions. On notifi¬ cation . Con¬ tacts. Sus¬ pects. On dis¬ charge from Sana¬ torium. On other occa¬ sions. 45 19 38 27 288 49 117 38 16 207 14 83 62 4 63 j 417 V 427 226 j Y 1070 Visits by Health Visitors to Phthisis Houses in 1928. To Insured Patients. To Non-Insured To School Children. Total. Patients. 1783 1474 439 3696 King Edward VII. Sanatorium (Shirlett).—The number of patients admitted to the Sanatorium in 1928 was in, and consisted of :— Insured patients—Males ,. .. .. .. 38 ,, „ Females .. .. .. 20 Non-Insured patients—Males .. .. .. 13 ,, ,, Females .. .. .. 40 The percentage of cases discharged without tubercle bacilli in the sputum was 57, compared with 60 in 1927, 77 in 1926, 63 in 1925, 41 in 1924, 37 in 1923, 36 in 1922, 28 in 1921, 40 in 1920,. 49 in 1919, and 56 in 1918.