[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Hertfordshire County Council.

  • Hertfordshire (England). County Council. n 50062101.
Date:
1938
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    diagnosis and, if necessary, treatment. The results found on examination were as follows : Pulmonary or hilum tuberculosis, 375 ; non-pulmonary tuberculosis, ioi ; combined pulmonary and non-pulmonary tuberculosis, 9 ; suspects, 116 ; not tuber- culosis, 754. The figure of persons examined also includes a number of contacts to which reference has previously been made. The number of cases admitted to the County Sanatorium for observation were 47 compared with 48 last year. REPORT OF THE MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENT OF SANATORIUM The following are the totals of admissions, discharges and deaths during the past year, together with the condition of those admitted and discharged :— Total number of admissions, 301. Table showing condition of patients on admission :— Early Inter- mediate Advanced Suspects Totals Males . 23 75 65 26 189 Females 18 48 25 21 112 Total 41 123 90 47 301 Total number of discharges and deaths, 299. Table showing condition of patients at termination of treatment :— Able to work Improved Not im- proved Worse Diagnosis not confirmed Died Totals Males 95 24 11 7 20 38 195 Females . 43 14 5 5 19 18 104 Total . 138 38 16 12 39 56 299 Of the cases admitted 183 were found to have Tubercle Bacilli in their sputum. The average number of beds occupied during the year was 126. Particulars as to patients transferred to other In- stitutions are as follows : 21 were sent to the London Chest Hospital for special operative treatment for pulmonary tuber-