[Report 1968] / Medical Officer of Health, Bury County Borough.

Bury (Greater Manchester, England). County Borough Council.

Date:: 1968

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Credit: [Report 1968] / Medical Officer of Health, Bury County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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TUBERCULOSIS Incidence. A total of 10 new cases was notified. Of this number 8 were males and 2 females. The following table gives the number of cases notified and the death rates per 1,000 for each year for the last 5 years. Other Tuberculous Pulmonarv Tuberculosis Diseases YEAR No. of Death rate No. of Death rate cases per cases per notified 1,000 pop. notified 1,000 pop. ] 964 17 0-02 1 _ 1^.65 11 0-01 2 1966 12 0-01 1 1967 11 0-01 3 - 1968 9 0-01 1 Average for 5 years .. — 12 •013 — — Prevention and After Care. Two half-time Tuberculosis Nurses are employed by the Local Health Authority. They attend the Chest Clinic sessions held at Bury General Hospital and visit the houses of newly notified tuberculosis cases to assess the environ- mental circumstances and to arrange for skin testing and chest X-rays of the patient’s family. Their duties include home visiting of patients discharged from hospital and help with problems of rehabilitation and housing. We must thank the Bury Family Welfare Association for its help with grants of clothing, etc., and the Disable- ment Resettlement Officer for his co-operation. Six cases of tuberculosis were referred to the Housing Committee, four were rehoused, whilst two were awaiting rehousing. Home Visits by L.A. Nurses. 977 visits were paid by specially trained tuberculosis nurses. Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925. No case of Tuberculosis among employees in the milk trade was notified during the year; no action in this respect, therefore, being necessary.