[Report 1939-1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Huddersfield County Borough.

  • Huddersfield (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1943
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Credit: [Report 1939-1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Huddersfield County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Tho attendances at the eyening sessions held between April and October have, on the whole, been very satisfactory. The total clinic attendances were:- 1939. 1940. 1941. 1942. 1943. TOTAL. 2410 1980 2127 2509 2332 11358 NEU PATIENTS. The numbers of new cases examined were:- YEAR. No. Examined. No. found to be Tuberculous, No, found to be Non-Tubercultus. Diagnosis not completed at year end. 1939, 248 117 130 1 1940. 230 101 129 - 1941, 314 94 217 3 1942. 324 127 196 1 1943. 337 100 235 2 TOTALS: 1453 539 907 7 Included in the above figures were the following cases referred for diagnosi by the Military Medical Board, the Royal Corps of Signals and the Auxiliary Territorial Servicer- YEAR. Military Medical Board. Royal Corps of Signals and Auxiliary Territorial Service. 1939. 10 Nil. 1940. 41 Nil. | 1941. 67 16 i 1942. 63 1943. 54 3 TOTALS: fcwas- 235 21 Diagnosis, as usual, was based on clinical and radiological examination, and on laboratory examination of the sputum. A report on these findings 'was forwarded to the Medical Practitioner or the Authority referring the case. CONTACTS: The following are the figures referring to the immediate family contacts to cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis notified during the years under review, and the numbers who consented to examination:- YEAR. No. of Adult Contacts. No. of Adults Examined. No. of Chi Idren Contacts. No. of ChiIdren Examined. No. X-rayed. 1939. 112 58 43 33 11 1940. 99 44 39 34 10 1941. 63 29 33 30 22 1942. 109 35 46 36 16 1943. 101 47 38 21 17 TOTALS: 484 213 199 154 76 Of those examined, A were found to be suffering from Tuberculosis.