[Report 1931] / Medical Officer of Health, St Helens County Borough.

  • St. Helens (Merseyside, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1931
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Credit: [Report 1931] / Medical Officer of Health, St Helens County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY.—D uring 1931, five ses¬ sions per week were held at the Central Dispensary for ordinary cases and one session weekly for X-ray. A record of the cases dealt with at the Dispensary is shown in Table 21 (a). Table 21 (a). A. New cases examined {excluding contacts) 1. Definitely Tuberculous 2. Doubtfully Tuberculous 3. Non-Tuberculous Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Total Grand Total Adi M llts F Chill M iren F Adi M llts F Cbil M iren F Adi M llts F Chil M dren F 38 36 6 5 3 7 14 10 41 1 24 43 5 22 20 5 26 15 7 19 119 18 91 B. Contacts examined 1. Definitely Tuberculous 2. Doubtfully Tuberculous 3. Non-Tuberculous . 1 6 6 6 14 7 11 14 37 C. Cases written off Register 1. Cured . 2. Diagnosis not conf.rmed or Non- Tuberculous . 2 3 2 1 3 4 12 2 5 39 7 40 14 53 3 49 29 181 D. Number of persons on Register 3\st December 1. Diagnosis completed . 2. Diagnosis not completed. 151 109 79 86 27 30 121 125 178 2 139 5 200 11 211 14 728 32 During the year, 228 new cases and 5 1 contacts were added to the Dispensary Register, and 9 cases were re-entered on the Register or were transferred from other areas : 29 cases were dis¬ charged from the Register as cured, 1 81 were written off as non- tuberculous, 79 died, and 12 were transferred to other areas or were lost sight of. This left at the end of the year 760 persons on the Register. Table 21 (b), on page 128, shows the condition at the end of 1931 of all patients remaining on the Dispensary Register. The numbers of attendances made at the Dispensary were 1,897 at ordinary sessions and 890 at X-Ray sessions, giving a weekly average attendance of 36 and 1 7 respectively. The number of consultations with medical practitioners was :— (a) —At the homes of the patients. 7 (b) —Otherwise . 134