Report of the Director-General of Public Health, New South Wales.
- New South Wales. Department of Public Health
- Date:
- [1933]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report of the Director-General of Public Health, New South Wales. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Table 7.—-Showing the average residence in days and condition on discharge from Sanatoria and Hospitals of patients under treatment during 1933. Condition on Discharge. Queen Victoria Sanatorium, Wentworth Palls. Queen ATictoria Sanatorium, Thirlmere. Red Crass Sanatorium, Wentworth Falls. Waterfall Sanatorium. Red Cross Hospital. Tennant Hills. Red Cross Convalescent Home, Exeter. No. of Tatients. Average Residence in Days. No. of Patients. Average Residence in Days. No. of Patients. Average Residence in Days. No. of Patients. Average Residence in Days. No. of Patients. Average Residence in Days. No. of Patients. Average Residence in Days. ]. Arrested (A.) . 2. Quiescent (Q.) . 32 241 28 255 £0 255 41 414 • . . • • • • •• ... 3. Much Improved (M.I.) ... 28 247 28 252 £8 £64 71 215 5 121 2 243 4. Improved (I.) . 9 151 10 152 £9 129 157 183 3 84 22 132 5. Stationary (S.) . • • • 169 4 139 9 144 56 39 6 35 3 109 0. Worse (W.) . 1 ] 68 9 151 4 277 1 05 280 5 129 3 100 7. Dead (D.) . 1 89 ... • • • 4 408 £9 385 18 79 ... ... Total . 71 ... 79 ... 94 ... 529 I ... 37 ... 30 ... Table 8.—Showing condition of patients on admission to, and discharge from, Institutions for the treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis during 1933. Condition Queen Victoria Sanatorium, Wentworth Palls. Queen Victoria Sanatorium. Thirlmere. Red CrosR Sanatorium. Wentworth Palls. Waterfall Sanatorium. Red Cross Hospital, Pennant Hills. on Admission. Condition on Discharge. Condition on Discharge. Condition on Discharge. Condition on Discharge- Condition on Discha A. Q. M.I. I. S. w D Total. A I9 M.I. I Is 1 W. D Total. A Q M.I. I. 8. W. I D. 1 Total. hi9- M.I. I. S w. D Total. A iQ' i M.I. 1 1. S. w. L1T1. 1 1 2 22 6 3 i 3 35 7 5 9 1 10 3 2 5 2 22 L2T1. 24 14 7 1 46 4 8 3 2 2 19 13 11 9 1 1 35 13 19 34 12 111 1 90 1 J.1T2. 1 4 1 6 ! ... ... L2T2. 11 9, 20 6 O s 10 5 | 8 4 1 18 3 3 8 3 5 Q 24 2 ... L3T1. 1 1 1 1 i ] 4 3 2 2 1 2 10 7 29 52 17 29 23 157 1 9 L3T2. 1 1 3 i 1 5 2 | 5 1 1 9 17 53 15 46 47 185 1 1 3 1 L1T3. .. L2T3. 4 ! 1 5 1 L3T3. 1 1 ... 1 8 12 95 46 ! 8 4 18 1 ... 32 28 9 1 1 71 28 28 10 4 ( ... 79 20 20 1 9 4 4 94 41 71 157 50 105 1 99 529 1 ... ... 5 3 6 5 18 Total, 25 37 Pic-ton Lakes Village T.B. Settlement.—During 1933 there were no new additions to the Settlement, which has 32 buildings for patients and their dependents. The cottages for married patients number 19, and for single patients there are two hostels, the balance of the buildings comprise administration section, workshops, etc. The population at the 31st December, 1933, totalled 59 persons, of which 17 were arrested cases of tuberculosis, the balance being members of*their families. A resident matron who is a registered nurse is in charge of the Settlement. Every patient is called upon to do a certain amount of work, for as many hours of the day as is compatible with his state of health, in the industrial section of the Settlement. The main products of this section are small articles of household furniture, any profits from the sale of which go to the patients who manufacture them. The patients grow their own vegetables and sell the flowers grown in the gardens surrounding the cottages. The children of school age in the Settlement attend the public school in the neighbourhood. l. 2. 3. 4. 5. G. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Table 9.— Comparative Statement of work carried out at the various Anti-Tuberculosis Dispensaries during a period of 12 months in 1933. Koyal Prince Alfred Hospital. Royal North Shore Hospital. Anti-Tuberculosis Association of N.S.W. Newcastle Threat and Chest Dispensary; Total number of persons who attended for examination.-. 2,302 471 1,933 395 (a) First attendance during year . 1,185 239 1,204 293 (b) Attended in previous years and re-attended during year . 1,117 232 729 102 Total number of attendances. 7,307 1,815 8,950 1,543 Number of persons found tuberculous . 312 66 198 27 Number of persons found not tuberculous . 577 165 938 256 Number of persons where diagnosis is not yet completed. 296 18 68 • • • Number of contacts examined . 724 140 653 31 Number of contacts found to be infected . 193 1 25 Number of sputum examinations . 576 113 1,287 73 Number of X-ray examinations . Number of nurses’ visits. 1,693 327 450 118 2,464 2,748 3,055 98 Number of homes visited . 1,518 516 750 50 Sent to Sanatoria. 198 19 142 11 Sent to hospital. 76 32 54 25 Sent to country . 89 10 19 4 Number of deaths recorded. 123 14 62 10 Visiting by Nurses.—In the metropolitan district this service is undertaken by four departmental nurses assisted by four nurses provided by the dispensaries; in the Hunter Eiver District a departmental nurse carries out this work, O CO to](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31485248_0080.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
