[Report 1967] / Medical Officer of Health, Dundee City.

  • Dundee (Scotland). City Council.
Date:
1967
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    suspected sources of infection and new suspected cases. In the Port Health work of the Department, special emphasis is paid to the passing of information about treatment facilities to the master of incoming ships. Tuberculosis: The number of cases confirmed to be suffering from active respiratory tuberculosis was 46, 27 males and 19 females. Last year’s figure was 64, 38 males and 26 females. The non-respiratory cases confirmed this year numbered 10, 7 males and 3 females. Last year’s figure was 30, 9 males and 21 females. The site of disease in this year’s non-respiratory cases included 1 with bones and joint infection. 3 with superficial glands affected and 6 genito-urinary. The number of new pulmonary cases admitted to hospital for the first time during the year was 32, 21 males and 11 females. There were 8 T.B. deaths during the year, 6 pulmonary and 2 non-pulmonary, and the average age of death is 64 years. The number of known cases of respiratory tuberculosis at the end of the year was 1,400, and non-respiratory 191. Details of these in sex and age groups are as follows :— E •o fc •o c 3 u S *3 3 3 •3 c •o c 3 3 3 c 3 •3 3 O *3 3 3 •3 C V *3 3 3 •3 3 •3 3 3 3 V > O *3 3 3 o B to c 3 s rt 3 rt a 3 rt U* to - to to to eg to ro »o to -O to vO O r* Respiratory M. — 3 41 50 111 177 161 143 106 792 F. — 2 36 63 117 176 115 52 47 608 Non-Respiratory M. — — 5 17 13 16 11 4 5 71 F. — — 7 11 30 31 21 10 10 120 During the year 24 cases of tuberculosis (8 of which were new cases) who were certified by Medical Officers to be in need of extra nourishment were granted additional milk. The health visitor who is seconded full-time to the Chest Clinic attended the Chest and Heart Association meeting in Eastbourne from 4th to 7th April, 1967. Home Nursing: The Dundee Sick Nursing Society and the Broughty Ferry Nursing Association continued their important work on behalf of the Local Authority. During the year the Dundee Sick Nursing Society moved to new premises at 1/2 Russell Place. A detailed abstract of the work is as follows :— Home Nursing New cases notified during the year 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 Patients under 65 }ears 749 901 1,105 1.293 1.137 1.373 1.636 Patients over 65 years 1,009 1,097 1,111 1,145 1,167 1,146 1,115 1,758 1.998 2,216 2,438 2,304 2,519 2,751 1. Cases under treatment at 31st December, 1966 772 New Cases reported during 1967 1.758 2,530