[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Gloucestershire County Council.

  • Gloucestershire (England). County Council. n 50061360.
Date:
1937
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Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Gloucestershire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The following is a summary of the cases on the Register of notifications in • Non- Total Pulmonary Pulmonary Cases Number of cases removed from Register during year by reason of (a) Withdrawal of Notification 6 6 12 (b) Recovery from the disease 57 95 152 (c) Death 187 40 227 (d) Left County 53 35 88 Number of cases remaining on Register at 31st December, 1937 1,461 1,047 2,508 Dispensaries. The Tuberculosis Officers attend weekly at six dispensaries and periodically visit fifteen out-stations. They also see patients unable to attend at one of these places in their homes and hold frequent consultations with the usual medical attendants. The total new cases reported and the attendances at dispensaries were :— New cases reported Pulmonary ... ... ... ... 347 Other Forms ... ... ... ... 170 Total 517 New cases examined (including contacts) ... 1,242 Attendances ... ... ... ... ... 5,588 Shelters. The number of shelters in use during 1937 was 112. The number of patients to whom they were newly loaned during the year was 20, and the total persons who had the use of a shelter during 1937 was 112. Residential Institutions. Owing to the rebuilding of the men’s section of the Standish House Tuberculosis Institution during 1937, accommodation for male patients was found in the City Hospital at Over. The number of admissions to Institutions— Sanatoria and Hospital—during 1937 was :— Pulmonary :— Adults—Male ... ... ... 101 Female ... ... ... 96 Children 197 35 Non-Pulmonary :— Adults—Male Female Children 26 15 — 41 86