Report of the Medical Officer of Health / Municipality of Colombo.
- Colombo (Sri Lanka). Public Health Department
- Date:
- [1946]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report of the Medical Officer of Health / Municipality of Colombo. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Annexure B. TUBERCULOSIS -SERVICE. REPORT OF WORK DONE DURING THE YEAR 1946. 1. Total number of patients seen at the Chest Clinics '(a) Diagnosed as Pulmonary Tuberculosis (/;) Diagnosed as Non-tuberculor ... Xc) Under observation New cases ... 416 < Subsequent j visits J Total 930 2. Contacts examined by health visitors ... 1905 j Positive6 (a) Sputum (b) Blood 3. Diagnostic aid used ( i0) ( ] [a) X Rays (read and interpreted by Special Officer, Chest Diseases) 4. Cases hospitalised 5. Discharged patients QA((rt) Males ... °1(6) Females Xa) Traced (by Health Visi- ^ j tors) ... ... '(b) Untraced or gone out- station (a) Number of visits to families by Health Visitors {b) Number of visits to families by 6. Care and after-care { Special Officer, Chest Diseases |.(c) Number of families recom- ! mended for relief from Tuber- 1 culosis Vote ... • • • 7. Number of patients isolated under domiciliary supervision 8. Health, Education and Propaganda (a) Advice given to patients and their friends. (b) Leaflets distributed among patients and the public. 976 119 191 106 1,654 251 401 3 14 ... 388 ... 66 30 58 5 ... 13,189 364 59 257 In submitting the above report of work done on the Tuberculosis Service for 1946, I regret to observe that both patients and practitioners are gradually ignoring the existence of the Municipal Chest Clinics, due to reasons entirely beyond my control. For instance, patients and doctors have found that the Municipal Dispensaries are ill-equipped for proper diagnostic purposes and are lacking in administrative arrangements and the provision of necessary facili¬ ties that ensure prompt attention and disposal of cases that call for hospitalization or outdoor treatment. There would appear to be no excuse for city patients to attend the Municipal Chest Clinics, when, for XTay examination and admission to hospitals, they have to be referred to the A. T. I.; whereas, by going to the A. T. I. direct, these patients can obtain their X’ray examinations and admission to hospital or out-door treatment much more expeditiously and with less inconvenience than by going through the Municipal Chest Clinic.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b3149545x_0005.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
