[Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council.

  • Shropshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1919
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Credit: [Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Condition of Patients admittf,d in 1919. (Explanalion of classification see below). Classification of patients admitted according to the Tnrban-Gernliardt (horizontal columns) iiid the Interim Rei)ort of the Departmental Committee (vertical columns) classifications. M ales. Turban Genihardt. Interim Report Classification. I. • • • • I. •• 3 II. 3 III. 4 IV. 5 V. VI. Tot.aU 15 II. • • • • • • • • 4 15 14 .. ^ .. 33 III. • • • • 2 9 20 I 3 35 Total •• 3 9 28 39 I 3 83 Turban Gemhardt, 1 • • • • • I. 2 Females. Interim II. 6 Report Classification. III. IV. V. 3 VI. Totpl. 11 II. • « • • • • • • 5 5 2 0 , , 12 III. • • • • • • • • 3 5 II 9 . . 28 Total 2 14 13 13 9 • • 51 With our present knowledge we must devote our attention equally to preventing infection by ii'halation and by swallowing. Turban Gcrnhardt Classification. Stum; 1.—Disease of slight severity, limited to small areas on either side, which in the case of infection of Iwth apices does not extend below the spine of the scapula or the clavicle, or in the case of affection of the .tjK X of one lung, does not extend below the second rib in front. Stage II. —Disease of slight severity, more extensive than Stage I., but affecting at most the whole of one lolx-. or severe disease extending at most to the half of one lobe. Stage III.—All cases of greater severity than Group II.. and all these with considerable cavities. Cljiii/ica!io>i in Interim Report of the Departmental Committee on Tuberenlosis. 1. —Cases in which the disease can be diagnosed, or is strongly suspected, but in which tliere is no evident im]>ainnent of the working capacity. ► 11 -Cases of recent onset with some impairment of the working capacity, but without marked evidence •>l ill-health. Ill-—Ca-ses of recent onset with evidence of acute illness. l^h—Ca.ses with a longer history of illness. lu some of these cases permanent arrest of the disease may be h'l;* (1 for. but in the majority, restoration to full working capacity for more than a comparatively short period I' hot to be looked for. »i<l< ' ■ -Cases in which there is a permanent loss of working capacity. Many of these cases live foi a con- rable [K-riod in a condition of chronic ill-health. ^’1 —Cii^s in which a fatal termination within six months Ls probable.