Report / Board of Health, City of Edmonton, Alberta.

  • Edmonton (Alta.). Board of Health.
Date:
[1946]
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Credit: Report / Board of Health, City of Edmonton, Alberta. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL Kinsmen’s Club Service: 1946 1945 Total visits by nurse . 3196 3381 Visits to T.B. cases . 741 664 Visits to suspect cases . 134 68 Visits to contact cases . 2125 2365 Not seen, moved, etc. 50 59 Co-operative visits . 146 225 Provincial Tuberculosis Division: Examinations— Active cases . 119 119 Suspects . 167 99 Contacts .....’. 511 306 Non-contacts . 1069 1013 Total examinations . 2883 2397 Total X-Rays . 2731 2161 Tuberculin tests made . 1598 1128 Tuberculin tests, positive . 575 449 Mobile X-ray clinic . 8138 27941 PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING Again we had a very busy year at the Baby Clinic having a large num¬ ber of very young babies. 2,209 new admissions were made with 97 re¬ admissions making a total of 2,306 and being 411 above the previous year. At intervals during the year we encountered diarrhea in the new baby, at times quite serious. One hundred and fifty-three out- 66 letters were written with regard to Number of clinics held ..... Babies in attendance (under 2 years) Pre-school in attendance . Total .:.... Average . New cases admitted, babies . New cases admitted, pre-school .. Babies referred to family doctor . Pre-school referred to family doctor.. Re-admitted babies . Readmitted pre-school . of-town cases were in attendance and the care and feeding of babies. 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 200 200 200 150: 101 6857 6208 6198 5649 4905 1310 1212 1158 1067 1146 8167 7420 7356 6716 6051 41 37 37 45 60 1881 1523 1378 1320 1119 328 281 262 240 61 TO 9 25 31 21 21 16 20 36 24 4 10 11 .... .... 93 81 81