[Report 1933] / Medical Officer of Health, Warwickshire County Council.

  • Warwickshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1933
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Credit: [Report 1933] / Medical Officer of Health, Warwickshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    97. CONTRIBUTIONS BY PATIENTS.—The Treasurer informs me that during the year the amount received from Warwickshire and Coventry patients was £308 13s. Id. The amount received in 1932 was £366 11s. 0d., and in 1931, £298 6s. 9d. 98. SPUTUM EXAMINATIONS.—One hundred and ninety-one (191) of the new cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis had tubercle bacilli in their sputum, and in thirty-six (36) cases the bacilli were not found or the patients had no sputum. Nine hundred and sixty-seven (967) specimens of sputum were examined in the laboratory at the Chief Dispensary and sixty (60) specimens were sent to the Birmingham University. 99. CHILDREN.—Three hundred and twenty-eight (328) children (up to 15 years of age) were examined at the Dispensaries—162 boys and 166 girls. Eight (8) of these were found to be suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis, and twenty-three (23) from non-pulmonary tuberculosis. Of the remainder, 3 were doubtful cases, and under observation at the end of the year, while 294 showed no definite evidence of tuberculosis. The pulmonary cases were classified into Stage T.B. —, 7 ; Stage 3. T.B. +, 1. 100. SHELTERS.—The number of shelters available for the County is 57. The Joint Committee own 39 of these. The number in use by Warwickshire patients on the 31st December, 1933, was 30. During the year 14 shelters were removed on ceasing to be required and 5 were erected at new addresses. 101. CONTACTS.—Routine examination of contacts was continued. The number of con¬ tacts examined at the Dispensaries and in their homes during 1933 was 346, the number in 1932 being 350. Contacts Not Doubtful— examined. Tuberculous. Tuberculous, under observation. 346 4 337 5 102. DISPENSARY TREATMENT.—The number of patients who attended the Dispensaries for some form of treatment in 1933 was 35. In 1932 the number was also 35. 103. X-RAY EXAMINATIONS.—The number of X-Ray examinations of County patients made during the year at the Chief Dispensary was 673. In 1932 the number of examinations was 670. 104. DENTAL TREATMENT.—Particulars of dental treatment given at the Memorial Sana¬ torium appear in the Annual Report of the Medical Superintendent. Two patients having domiciliary treatment received dental treatment from the Joint Tuberculosis Committee during the year. 4 105. AFTER-CARE.—There were 105 applications for help. The Tuberculosis Nurse was able successfully to deal with 93 of these Financial help ... ... ... ... 31 Clothing supplied ... ... ... ... 12 Nursing arrangements ... ... ... 28 Sent to Convalescent Homes ... ... 7 Social Service ... ... ... ... 15 Unable to help ... ... ... ... 12 105 106. Five of the patients who were helped financially received grants from the Warwick¬ shire War Relief Fund. From this source £106 was distributed. The sum of £21 2s. 9d. was given by various charitable societies and private persons, making a total of £127 2s. 9d. 107. EXTRA NOURISHMENT.—The Joint Committee continue to grant extra nourishment to suitable cases. Their expenditure must not exceed £2 per 1,000 of the population of their area. During the year, the Committee provided extra nourishment for 77 patients. Grants to 28 patients ceased during the period under consideration, and there were 49 patients having extra diet on the 31st December, 1933. The Treasurer informed me that £457 12s. 8d