[Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Smethwick County Borough.

  • Smethwick (Worcestershire, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1946
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Credit: [Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Smethwick County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The ileatlis from tuberculosis duriiip; 1945 and 194G are shown as follows: — -\GE PtlilODS. 1945 1946 Piihnonary other forms Pulmonary Other forms •M. Iv ■M. p. M. K. M. K. 0 lo 1 1 1 — — — — 1 to 5 1 — — — 1 2 — 5 to 15 — — 1 — 1 1 — 13 to 45 IS 15 — — 25 11 — 45 to 65 13 5 1 — 9 4 1 — 65 upwards 3 1 - 1 2 2 — — T0TAI.S 36 21 3 3 36 19 4 — The numher of cases remaiuinp; on the Dispensary Register on .'list Decemher, 194G, was 717, viz.; — Pidmonarv—Males ... 282 Noii-Pu Imonarv—Males ... 30 Females . 216 Females .. 47 Children.. 43 Children... 99 541 176 Attendances at the Chest Clinic wore as under :— 1946 1945 First examinations 900 733 Re-examinations ... 1,102 994 Consultations ... 1,473 1,.346 -Mantonx Tests 172 160 .\rtificial-]4neumothorax ... ... 1,1.53 7.30 Cold Treatment ... . i;io 122 Artificial light treatment ... 1,9.58 1,900 Total attendances X X X 5,985 Xnmher of X-Ray examinations 1,.599 1,494 \'isits to (d) ])atient.s at Home:— By Health Visitor ... 1.061 1,028 (h) By Clinical T.O. 382 281 Patients admitted to Sanatoria 97 121 Patients discharged from Sanatoria ... 90 102 Patients died in Sanatoria 9 20 Patients ,5’X'a r remaining in (sanatoria at end of 52 51