[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea, Metropolitan Borough of].

  • Battersea (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1923?]
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    44 Total Notifications. During the year, 40 patients in whom the diagnosis was at first doubtful, were diagnosed as definitely tuberculous, and these added to the 188 new patients make a total of 228 notified cases. Of this number, 57 had already been notified to the Medical Officer of Health, so that 171 were primary notifications from the Dispensary. Attendances. The number of old patients attending the Dispensary is 1,026. For previous years the number has been— 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 661 971 1,015 1,039 1,090 1,193 1,230. 1,250 1,474 1,570 For the year, the total number of attendances was 4,910, 1,847 attendances of insured patients, and 3,063 of non-insured patients. Patients who are insured and who are having treatment from their own doctors attend the Dispensary for observation at intervals varying from one to six months according to the necessity of the case. Home Visits. During the year, 264 visits were paid by the Tuberculosis Officer to patients in their own homes. No home treatment is undertaken but visits are paid at the request of the Ministry of Pensions, in consultation with general practitioners, and to newly notified patients who are in attendance at the Dispensary where the Dispensary Nurse finds that the home circumstances are not satisfactory on her first visit. Visits by Nurses. The visits paid by the Dispensary Nurses during the year numbered 7,048. As far as possible, the home of each notified case on the Dispensary books is visited at intervals of not more than three months. Where the home conditions, however, are found to be unsatisfactory and when a patient is in a residential institution the homes are visited more frequently. In addition to the visits paid by the Dispensary Nurses, 592 visits were made by Voluntary Visitors, including students from the Battersea Polytechnic. Sanatorium Treatment. 1. Average length of stay of patients in Sanatoria during the year 1922 16 weeks 5 days 2. The number of patients who showed improvement 65 3. The number of patients who discharged themselves 38