[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Crompton U.D.C.

  • Crompton (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1925
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Credit: [Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Crompton U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Of the twelve pulmonary cases, five were found to have tubercle bacilli in the sputum, four had negative sputum, two had no expectoration, and in one case the sputum was not examined. The twelve non-pulmonary cases are classified as follows :— Glands ... ... 8 .Abdomen ... 2 Ribs ... ... 1 Multiple ... 1 Six of the notified cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis died during the year, and one of the Non-pulmonary cases died during the year. Twenty-three of the twenty-six cases applied for treatment. In the remaining three cases no application was made for the following reasons :—Refused to apply (l), died immediately after notification (l), and diagnosis not confirmed after examination (l). Of the patients who applied for treatment, four were sent to .Sanatoria, three to Pulmonary Hospital for advanced cases, five to General Hospital for surgical treatment, etc., and the remain- ing eleven cases were under Dispensary supervision only. In addition to the notified cases, a number of patients are sent to the Dispensary by the Doctors for examination and diagnosis. During the year 1925, seventy-nine new cases were sent for diagnosis by the Doctors, School Medical Officers, etc. The number of re-attendances of old patients at the Dispensary for supervision and arrangements for treatment was three hundred and thirty-two. Special enquiries are made as to the health of other inmates of the house where there are patients suITering from definite Tuberculosis, and twenty-one of these contacts were examined during the year. In supervision and visiting, special attention is paid to the open cases, z.f., cases where tubercle bacilli are present or have been found in the sputum. On the 1st January, 1925, there were nineteen such cases known to be living in the district. On the 31st December, 1925, there were seventeen positive cases living. These figures include quiescent and arrested cases. The number of positive cases living at 31st December, 1925, who had tubercle bacilli in the sputum during 1925, was eleven. The other six cases have had either negative or no sputum. Ten of the positive cases died during the year. One positive case removed from the district during the year. The condition as to isolation at home of the positive cases was as follows :— Separate bedroom ... ... ••• 18 Separate bed ... ... .•■ 4 Unable to have separate bed .. ... 6