[Report 1972] / Medical Officer of Health, Crosby Borough.

  • Crosby (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1972
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Credit: [Report 1972] / Medical Officer of Health, Crosby Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (c) disposal of cases ; Number Per cent Recovered, relieved, etc. .. 407 501 Admitted to hospitd 194 23-9 ••• ••• 100 12-3 Gone away 35 4-3 Out-p dent X-ray etc. ... 10 1.2 Nurse withdrawn 59 7-2 Other 8 10 (d) By disease or ailment and duration of treatment. Duration of Treatments Disease or Ailment Total No. of cases Length of Treat- ment (days) Average duration of treat- ment (weeks) Total visits Average No. of visits Average No. of visits per case per week Tuberculosis of respiratory system 2 9 0.7 9 4.5 6.4 Other infective and parasitic diseases 23 1092 6.8 371 16.1 2.4 Cancer 59 4158 10.1 1870 31.7 3.1 Diabetes 19 3466 26.1 2529 133.1 5.1 Anaemias and other blood diseases 53 10218 27,5 1260 23.8 0.9 Mental, psychoneurotic disorders 9 1616 25.7 400 44.4 1.7 Cerebral haemorrhage, cerebral embolism and thrombosis 3 317 15.1 144 48.0 3.2 Other diseases of central nervous system 17 4366 36.7 1003 59.0 1.6 Diseases of eye, ear and mastoid process 19 969 7.3 914 48.1 6.6 Diseases of heart and circulatory system 82 5411 9.4 1531 18.7 2.0 Influenza 10 234 3.3 132 13.2 4.0 Pneumonia 4 371 13.3 117 29.3 2.2 Bronchitis 23 1114 6.9 354 15.4 2.2 Other diseases of respiratory system 21 1290 8.8 305 14.5 1.6 Diseases of digestive system 116 3844 4.7 3077 26.5 5,6 Diseases of genito- urinary system 29 2792 13.8 320 11.0 0.8 Diseases of the skin 81 4616 8.1 2197 27.1 3.3 Diseases of bones and organs of movement (including rheumatism and arthritis) 68 11150 23.4 2768 40.7 1.7 Senility and ill-defined conditions 107 10469 14.0 2738 25.6 1.8 Burns and scalds 12 1063 12.7 268 22.3 1.8 Other accidents, injuries, etc. 38 1040 3.9 409 10.8 2.8 All other conditions 18 438 3.5 219 12.2 3.5 Totals 813 70043 12.3 22935 28.2 2.3