Report of the Commissioner of Public Health / Western Australia.

  • Western Australia. Public Health Department
Date:
[1982]
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Credit: Report of the Commissioner of Public Health / Western Australia. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The attendances at the main Chest Clinics showed some reduction over the 1981 figures but this was only marginal. The figures are as follows: 1981 1982 Attendances at - Perth Chest Clinic ]1,735 10,110 Fremantle Chest Clinic 1,966 1,941 Kalgoorlie Chest Clinic 63 31 Domiciliary Assessment 44 59 13,808 12,141 Country Chest X-ray Film Readings - Chest Clinic Requests 736 669 Other 11,177 10,083 11,913 10,752 Sisters Home Visits - Supervision of anti-TB Drug Therapy 2,758 1,858 Other Visits to Patients on TB Register 852 744 Non TB Chest Patients 1,195 1,100 4,805 3,702 TU3ERCULOSI 5 NOTIFICATIONS The incidence rate for 1982 for new cases (per 100,000) of the population was 9.2 as compared with an incidence rate of 10.9 in 1981. This figure has varied very little in the past few years but what trend there is, is in the downward direction. The notifications during the year numbered 136 and of these 123 were new cases. There were five transfers in and eight reactivations. 30073—2