Sixth annual report upon tuberculosis and the administration of Sanitorium Benefit / by Alfred Greenwood, Medical Officer of Health to the Kent County Council, and Medical Adviser to the Kent Insurance Committee.

  • Greenwood, Alfred.
Date:
1918
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Credit: Sixth annual report upon tuberculosis and the administration of Sanitorium Benefit / by Alfred Greenwood, Medical Officer of Health to the Kent County Council, and Medical Adviser to the Kent Insurance Committee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Part hi. SECTION I. General Administration of Sanatorium Benefit, including various Statistics, for the year 1918. The general principles in the administration of Sanatorium Benefit which have been described fully in my previous annual reports have again been followed during 1918. The work has been continued vigorously, m spite of the war. During the year 1918 there have been 783 applications for Sanatorium Benefit, of which 623 were from males, and 160 from females. Of these 783 patients, 691, suffered from pulmonary tuberculosis, 71 from non-pulmonary tuberculosis, and 21 from combined pulmonary and non-pulmonary tuberculosis. Two hundred and fifty-nine applications for Sanatorium Benefit from discharged soldiers and sailors were received through the Insurance Commissioners during 1918, 174 of these patients being admitted?to sanatoria on the date of, or shortly after, their discharg . from the Army or Navy. In addition to the above Commissioners cases, twenty-six patients with advanced disease were admitted to institutions during the year, under arrangements made by the Pensions Ministry. The numbers of quarterly reports due, and the number received during 1918, under the Order which continued in force during the year, were as follows :— Numbers due Numbers received Area 1 Area 2 Area 3 163 487 246 148 474 226 Area 4 Area 5 Total. 114 31 1,041 105 27 980 The numbers of visits paid to patients by tuberculosis officeis during 1918, in Areas Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, respectively, were as follows:—31, 51, 175, 5, and 2. Total 264. Dispensary treatment has been carried out energetically throughout the year, and has been appreciated greatly by the patients who have received it. The following table shows the number of insured patients admitted to the various institutions during the year 1918, the number discharged therefrom, and their condition on discharge :
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