[Report 1923] / TB Officer, Lancashire County Council.

  • Lancashire (England). County Council
Date:
1923
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Credit: [Report 1923] / TB Officer, Lancashire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REPORTS FROM DISPENSARY AREAS. In this chapter there is given in respect of each Dispensary Area a summary of the work done, the housing conditions of patients, and a report of the consultant tuberculosis officer. Area No. 1. Lancaster, Ghorley, Preston Rural, and Lytham St. Annes Districts. (Estimated population, 244,001.) Consultant Tuberculosis Officer ... ... Dr. A. D. Brttnwin. Assistant Tuberculosis Officer ... ... Dr. G. H. Leigh. Number of tuberculous cases under supervision on 31st December, 1923 ... 1527 (Of these, 881 were patients who had applied for treatment.) - Visits to patients at their Homes— (u) Number of new persons examined for diagnosis or expert opinion, including 30contacts ... ... ... ... ... ... 203 (b) Revisits— (1) Respecting continued home treatment and dispensary supervision ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 900 (2) For other purposes, i.e., admissions to institutions, after discharge from institutions, re environmental con¬ ditions, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 93 Total ... ... ... 1196 Dispensary Attendances— New persons examined, Attendances including of old contacts. cases. Lancaster (Chief), 8, Middle Street. I Opened January, 1915] • • • • • » 162 676 Chorley (Branch), 5, High Street. [Opened 22nd June, 1914] • • • • • • 121 523 Preston (Branch), 22, Bolton Street. [Opened July, 1917] ... • • • • • • 60 225 Total ... 343 (29 1424 Contacts) Number of “ Care ” Committees attended by Tuberculosis Officers 20 Number of Lectures or Addresses given ... i . ... ... 1 Total number of Nurses’ visits to cases— (a) New cases . ... ... 264) (b) Old cases ... * ... ... 6367| 6631 Number of sanitary defects reported to the local medical officers of health 19 Number of sanitary defects which after notification were remedied 4 Number of disinfections carried out by sanitary authorities Number of cases referred by medical practitioners, Pensions authorities, &c., to tuberculosis officer for an opinion as to diagnosis or treatment 232 422
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