[Report 1931] / Monmouthshire County Council.

  • Monmouthshire County Council
Date:
1931
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Credit: [Report 1931] / Monmouthshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Analysis of Column 7 (b), giving diagnosis arrived at: — Men. Perinephritic abscess 1 Parotid tumour 1 Osteomyelitis ••• I Appendix 1 Trauma 1 Staphy : abscess of Hodgkin’s disease 1 Septic gland 1 neck ... ... 1 ITomen. Syphilis 1 Rosacea 1 Osteomyelitis ... 2 Non-tubercular Trauma 1 abscess 1 Boys. Improper feeding ... 1 Tooth abscess 1 Bilious attacks ... 1 Colitis 3 Enlarged tonsils 5 Dental caries ... 1 Non-tuberculous Left Inguinal hernia i Perthe’s disease ... I glands 3 Girls. B. coll bacilluria 1 Septic gland 1 Mastoid ... ... 1 Non-T.B. corneal Fibroma 1 Rheumatism ... 1 ulcer 1 Bad teeth 2 Abscess of neck ... 1 Enlarged tonsils 5 Tooth abscess 1 Osteomyelitis ... 1 Mumps ... ... I The Area consists of the County Borough of Newport, with an acreage of 4,568 and a population of 89,198; the Urban Districts of Abergavenny, Aber- sychan, Blaenavon, Caerleon, Chepstow, Llanfrechfa, Llantarnam, Monmouth, Panteg, Pontypool, and Usk, with an acreage of 34,926 and a population of 88,039; the Rural Districts of Abergavenny, Chepstow, Magor, Monmouth, Pontypool, and St. Mellons, with an acreage of 249,430 and a population of 54,581. Comments on Statistics.—In 1931 there was a considerable increase in the amount of work done, there being 106 more new cases and contacts examined, 462 more X-ray examinations, 433 more attendances, and over 300 more visits to patients in their homes, than in 1930. There was an Increase of 34 in the number of new patients and contacts found to have active tuberculosis. Actually, there were 21 fewer diagnosed as tuberculous in the East Monmouthshire part of the Area, but an increase of 55 diagnosed as tuberculous in Newport. • The number of new cases and contacts examined is 1,747, the highest ever recorded in the Area. Of these there were 1,157 new cases referred by doctors
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