Report of the Medical Officer of Health on the public health and sanitary circumstances of the city and borough of Pietermaritzburg.

  • Pietermaritzburg (South Africa). Public Health Department
Date:
[1958]
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Credit: Report of the Medical Officer of Health on the public health and sanitary circumstances of the city and borough of Pietermaritzburg. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (3) TUBERCULOSIS Cont’d. referred for closer investigat5.cn at the Clinic. Routine follow-up X^lays of T.B. Patients at the Clinics and our hospitals are to a large extent being done by this Miniature plant with an occasional large plate for confirmation • All Natives passing through the Municipal Registration Medical Examination have a Miniature X-Ray as a routine. This years figures show that 414 out of a total of 15,646 Natives (i.e. 2.6$) were referred from the Pass Office for further investigation at the T.B.Clinic. THE TUBERCULOSIS CLINIC (Page 41) Staffs Asst. Medical Officer of Health (Part-time), a European Health Visitor (Full-time), and a Nat5_ve Health Assistant (Full-time). During the year there were 2043 attendances at the Clinic (including 1,198 Out-of-Borough cases), as compared with last years total of 2,154. All contacts are now referred first of all to the Miniature X-Ray Clinic and only brought to clinic if found to be abnormal, whilst patients for Streptomycin injections only occasionally attend the clinic sessions as well, being supervised from the Streptomycin Clinic. Out-patient continuation treatment with injections of Streptomycin and ora]. I.N.H. (or P.A.S.) has been used for patients discharged from hospital. Patients for whom no ted can be found in hospital are also started on treatment until beds become available, and some cases are maintained on Out-Patient treatment alone. During the year 18 European, 58 Native, 17 Coloured and 40 Asiatic patients received regular Streptomycin injections at the 4 special clinic sessions (2 in town and 2 at the Sobantu Village) held per week for this purpose. (See page 41). One factory in Pietermaritzburg with the necessary medical organisation, carries out the follow-up Streptomycin injections on its own employees, 3 Natives, 2 Coloureds and 22 Asiatics being dealt with in this way. 4 European patients and 1 Asiatic patient have been treated at home. 4,252 Visits were made to tuberculotics and contacts in their homes, (Borough cases only), as compared with last years total of 2,895. The following notified cases were on our Tuberculosis Register as at lecember 31st, 1958, (1957 figures in brackets for comparison):- Euro Nato Col0 As a All Non-Eur. Total Pulm.T oB„ 101(87) 401(306) 57f6o) 209(187) 667(553) 7686640) N-Pulm.ToB 0 9(8) 14(13) 3(1) 30(26) 47(40) 56(48) The Tuberculosis Hospital % (Non-Eurocean only)• Admissions totalled 194, 62 Borough cases (49 Native, 4 Coloured and 9 Asiatic) and 132 Out-of-Borough cases (127 Native, 4 Coloured and 1 Asiatic), 1946- 1947 1947- 1948 1948- 1949 1949- 1950 1950- 1951 1951- 1952 1952- 1953 Annual Admi n 11 ti I! II II ssion Rate pex* Bed !i It II II It It II It II II It 11 II It It II II il 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 tl II II II It It It It n n it tt tt 1! it tt it n it tt There ••••./ o • • c o • o o 9 9 9 9 * 999AQ999999 0 0 9 0 • 90999990999 (including tem¬ porary beds).• it it IT II I! 0 9 9 0 9 9 0 9 9 9 9 0 9 9 9 2.0 3.1 2.8 2.3 1.7 1.5 patients it it n tt it 1.7 2.1 2.6 3o3 n