[Report 1970] / Medical Officer of Health, West Sussex County Council.

  • Beaumont Newhall
Date:
1970
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Credit: [Report 1970] / Medical Officer of Health, West Sussex County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The health education staff gave 478 talks to a total estimated audience of 25,000 people. Films shown numbered 511 and there were 713 loans of audio-visual aids for illustrating talks. Leaflets and posters were made available as required. The nursing staff conducted 735 health education sessions. Medical Arrangements for Long Stay Immigrants The Department received 293 advice notes during the year, compared with 284 in 1969, about immigrants who had given destination addresses within the County; all but 25 came from European or Commonwealth countries. The health visitors were unable to trace 25 of these immigrants who had returned to the country of origin, moved to an unknown address, moved to a known address outside the County or who had given an un- traceable address in West Sussex. In each case the port medical officer was informed and, where a forwarding address was known, the appropriate medical officer of health was also notified. Chest Clinic Statistics The details in the next table were supplied by the chest physicians and give an account of the work of the chest clinics. At the end of the year, the total numbers of patients on the registers of the clinics in the four areas showed a reduction of 23 (322 compared with 345 in 1969); of the new patients first examined, 39 (the same as in 1969) were found to be suffering from tuberculosis. Chest Clinics Chichester Crawley Horsham Worthing 1. Population of area served 164,050 67,800 56,630 193,620 2. Patients on register on 1.1.70 115 108 70 52 3. Additions to register: (a) New notifications 9 6 8 9 (b) Moved into area 6 4 1 (c) Restored to register — 2 — 1 4. Removed from register: (a) Recovered 48 — — 2 (b) Left area or lost sight of . 6 — 1 1 (c) Died 2 1 1 7* 5. Patients on register on 31.12.70 . 74 119 76 53 6. Number of new patients found to be tuberculous 9 13 8 9 7. (a) Contacts examined, including those of 6 above 67 77 32 58 (b) Of these, number found to be tuberculous — 3 — — *Two only from tuberculosis.
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