[Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, Newport (Gwent) County Borough.
- Newport (Wales). County Council.
- Date:
- 1923
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, Newport (Gwent) County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Comparison between 1912 and 1923—analysis of fatal cases of ITithisis. 1912. 1923. Percentage who died un-notified 6.2 8.05 Died within one month of notification .. 25.8 10.06 Died within three months of notification .. 47. 20.12 Died within twelve months of notification .. 36. 31.5 The publicity given to the subject of Tuberculosis has probably created an objection on the part of many householders to having Tuber- cular cases as sub-tenants and has lead to the refusal of some property- owners to accept Tubercular cases as tenants. This has undoubtedly caused sufferers from the disease to refrain from consulting their medical attendants until the disease has become well advanced in many cases. To ensure the early diagnosis of cases., the examination of contacts is a very important branch of the work of the Tuberculosis Institute. 224 such cases were examined by Dr. Johnson or his Assistant during 1923, compared with 141 in 1922, and ,140 in 1921. There was a marked improvement in this direction in 1923. INSTITUTIONAL TREATMENT. The Returns of the Welsh National Memorial Association show :— Males Females Totals Boys Men rls Women Number of Patients examined [including: 224 Contacts] 125 124 115 166 530 Number diag:nosed as T. B. Pulmonary 3 44 8 46 101 Non-Pulmonary ... 19 9 4 16 48 Total 22 53 12 62 149 Number of Contacts examined [included in above] ... 66 28 70 60 224 Number of Contacts found T. B. Pulmonary 1 5 3 5 14 Non-Pulmonary ... 2 1 3 6 Total 3 5 4 8 20 Number of Cases recommended to Hospital 6 61 8 30 105 Sanatorium 5 14 4 10 33 • Total 4 75 12 40 138 Number of Cases admitted to Hospital ... . . 7 47 11 17 82 Sanatorium 4 17 3 11 35 Tot4l 11 64 14 28 117](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28866642_0041.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
