[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon].

  • Croydon (London, England). County Borough.
Date:
[1919]
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    73 The proportion of known tuberculosis in the Borough which is dealt with through the Dispensary continues to be satisfactorily high, as is shown by the following estimate :— (1) Total Primary Notification, 1918 457 (2) Total new cases seen at Dispensary and diagnosed as tuberculous, 1918 406 Practically all the cases in (2) may be reckoned as included in (1). Therefore approximately 89 per cent. of the cases notified in the Borough in 1918 were seen by the Medical Officer to the Tuberculosis Dispensary. In 1918 293 new cases were treated through, as well as being seen, at the Dispensary. SANATORIUM AND HOSPITAL TREATMENT: TABLE T. 4. SUMMARY OF CASES TREATED AT SANATORIA, 1918. M. W. C. T 1. (A) Persons in Sanatoria on Jan. 1st, 1918 25 19 9 53 (B) Persons who were admitted to and discharged from Sanatoria during 1918 80 46 6 132 (C) Persons who were admitted to and died at Sanatoria daring 1918 - 1 - 1 (D) Persons in Sanatoria on December 31st, 1918 27 18 9 54 Note.— One woman and two children appear in (A) and (D). (i.) The total individuals receiving treatment in Sanatoria during 1918 is therefore [A + B + C + 1)—3]. Men 132 239 Women 83 Children 24 (ii ) The total individuals sent to Sanatoria in 1918 is [B + C + D—3]. Men 107 Women 64 184 Children13 Remarks. (i.) 114 men and 51 women were insured persons. Of the insured men 61 were ex-service men. (ii.) 11 of the children were boys and 13 were girls.