[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Oldham County Borough.
- Oldham (England). County Borough Council. nb2004302054.
- Date:
- 1948
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Oldham County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![During the year 175 patients were removed for the following reasons; — 1. Recovered ... -. 56 or 32% of total removals. 2. Removal out 30] I 3. Not desiring further treatment ... 4. Lost sight of ‘. 13 6I ‘ or 29.1% do. 5. Diagnosis not confirmed. -2* 5. Death . ... 68 or 38.9% do. Of the 56 recovered cases, 18 were pulmonary—13 or 72.2% Tb. Minus, 2 or 11.1% R.B.l and3 or 16.7% R.B.2. Of the 68 deaths, 56 were pulmonary cases, classified as follows: — Tb. Minus ... 9 or 16.1% R.B.l ... lor 1.8% R.B.2 .36 or 64.3% R.B.3 ... 10 or 17.8% Pulmonary Tuberculosis. New Cases. During 1948, 97 new cases were placed on the Dispensary Register and were classified as follows: — R.A.l (Early cases, sputum negative or absent) ... ... 27 R.A.2 (Intermediate cases, sputum negative or absent) ... 13 R.A.3 (Advanced cases, sputum negative or absent) ... 3 R.B.l (Early cases, sputum positive) ... ... ... 3 R.B.2 (Intermediate cases, sputum positive)... ... ... 30 R.B.3 (Advanced cases, sputum positive) ... ... ... 21 In addition 3 other cases came to notice but were' not placed on the Dispensary Register. Deaths. During the year 49 patients, compared with 63 in the previous year, died from pulmonary tuberculosis. This represents a death rate of .40 per thousand of the population. In addition 4 pulmonary cases died from causes other than tuber¬ culosis. Of these 49 deaths, 14 or 28.6% had been notified more than 5 years. A further 8 or 16.3% had been notified 3 to 5 years whilst 10 or 20.4% died 1 to 3 years after notification. The remaining 17 (34.7% of total) occurred within 1 year of coming to notice and included 3 which escaped statutory notification, 1 being notified posthumously and 2 coming to notice through the Local Registrar’s Returns. The following table shows the length of time between notification and death of the remaining 14: — Under 1 week ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 1 to 4 weeks . .2 1 to 2 months ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 2 to 3 months ... - ... ... ... ... ... 2 3 to 6 months ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 6 to 9 months. .. 1 9 to 12 months ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 Thus of the 49 patients dying during the year 35 or 71.4% di£d within 5 years of coming to notice. Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis. New Cases. The number of new cases placed on the Dispensary Register duiing the year was 30. 3 other cases came to notice. These compare with 28 and 5 for 1947.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29937218_0037.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
