[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, West Lancashire R.D.C.
- West Lancashire (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1937
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, West Lancashire R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Form II is the form of notification of discharge of a patient from a Public Assistance Hos])ital or Sanatorium. Eight pulmonary males and nine pulmonary females were notified on Eorni 1. One non-pulmonary male was notified on Form 1. Seven pulmonary males and seven pulmonary females were notified on Form 2; also four non-pulmonary males and two females. Thirty-nine notifications were received under Schedule A, twelve more than the figure for 1936. Of these thirty-nine cases, twenty-nine were pulmonary (eleven males and eighteen females) and ten were non-pulmonary (four males and six females). There were fourteen deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis (five males and eight females). There was one death from non-pulmonary tuberculosis (female). Notificaticnj of tuberculosis is very satisfactory. Dispensary arid sanatorium treatment is administered by the appro¬ priate department of the Lancashire County Council, who also provide open-air shelters foy chest cases in the Eural District, as requested. Of the thirty-nine cases of all forms of tuberculosis which came under the notice of the department for the first time during the year, only three of the male pulmonary cases were engaged on out-door work. Occupation Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Males Females Males Females Tvpist Clerk . Housework ... No occupation Boarding house keeper Farmer ... ... * Gardener Machinist Pattern Maker Infant Joiner School Shop Assistant Confectioner ... ■ Labourer Nun Motor Driver 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 7 2 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30261636_0138.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
