Report of the Health Officer, Corporation of Madras Health Department.
- Madras (India). Health Department
- Date:
- [1951]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report of the Health Officer, Corporation of Madras Health Department. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![2. Apiration of fluid done 105 times- 3. Apiration of air done 16 times 4. No. of cases in which Pneumoperitoneum was given 1,046 refill® 5. No. of cases in which initial Pneumoperitoneum was given 6. Thorascopy and cauterisation of adhesions 7. Phrenic paralysis Medical Treatment 1. Streptomycin : No. of casss treated 2. Para Amino Salicylic Acid Treatment 3. Conteben X-Ray Work 1. No. of Fluoroscopic examinations done 2. X-Ray skiagrams taken in the hospital Tubercle Bacilli Of the 143 cases discharged, Tubercle Bacilli were found in sputum on admission in 130 represents 90'9 % of the admissions. In 102 cases or 71.3% of these, Tubercle Bacilli disappeared before the patients left the hospital and sputum was negative. (42 negative for T. B. by culture, 42 negative by concentration and 18 negative by smear). 67 sputum samples were sent for culture during the year. 43 43 20 31 64 4 2173 375 Laboratory Work 1. Motion-routine examination 176 2. Urine examinations Routine 197 Albumin 139 Sugar qualitative 1,630 Sugar quantitative ,, i 961 3. Sputum for A. F. B, Smear 2,115 > Concentration * 274 * Culture 67 * (at Corporation Public Health Laboratory) 4. Blood examinations Differential counts 875 B. S. R. 853 For M P. 23 Index 286 5. Examination of Pleural Fluid for Tubercle Bacilli 27 Complications 1. Obliterative Pieuritis 1 2. Empyema 2 3. Effusion on A. P. side 20 4. Intestinal Tuberculosis 15 5. Haemoptysis 8 6. Coloured sputum *■ 6 7. Ascariasis - - ■ 1 : . Jt *f| 4 8. Diabetes 6 9. Tracheo Bronchitis .. •.orivr ■■. • f'!' j! o'!1 \. 7 (’i' ] 0. Laryngitis i r > diir :' • ’j • «*-4 /](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31485005_0044.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)


