TABLE 30
EXAMINATION OF NEW CONTACTS OF TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS 1982
Number of patients listed
7.913
Number of contacts listed
22,150
(a) Number of children with negative tuberculin/tine*
1,932
Number of children given BCG
1,927
(b) Number of contacts X-rayed
14,586
(100.00%)
Results
NSD#
Disease other than TB
13,781
156
(1.07%) (94.48%)
Respiratory TB
Acting A (negative by bacteriology)
95
(0.65%)
B (positive by bacteriology)
37
(0.250)
(incomplete investigation)
8
(0.06%)
Not active
476
(3.26%)
Non-respiratory TB
11
(0.08%)
Result not yet known
22
(0.15%)
# Nil of significance detected
# for NT Chest Clinics only
TABLE 31
ANNUAL ATTENDANCES AND TREND OF VENEREAL DISEASES 1973 TO 1982
ATTENDANCES
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
NEW ATTENDANCES
Syphilis
1,327
1,567 1,439 1,134 1,101
1,244
1,130
1,092
970
830
Non-congenital
Primary
118
68
66
179
79
83
37
102
109
Secondary
34
19
28
17
12
17
14
Early Latent!
272
459
537
276
250
258
282
239
Late Latent
769
926
724
582
678
783
706
663
All Others
70
43
40
38
27
15
Congenital
Under 1 year
4
3
13
20
27
22
Over 1 year
60
47
41
20
35
67
54
bo to ww
36
371
1881
130
588
553
13
38882
20
35
21
Gonorrhoea
6,727
5,207
4.372
3,279
2,115
2,052
2,761
2,629
3.362 4.546
Non-specific Genital Infection Chancroid
1,495 1,285*
845*1
1,095*
909*
847*
974*
960* 1.492 2,091
243
143
157
113
197
234
163
357
439
310
Lymphogranuloma Venereum
Herpes Genitalis+
80
71
54
33
36
48
36
76
75
31
267
268
414
Genital Warts+
Pediculosis Pubis+
Scabies#
Others (unclassified)
ALL VENEREAL DISEASES NON-VENEREAL DISEASES
SKIN DISEASES
1
T
1
456
673
971
-
1
66
42
86
T
t
229
NEW ATTENDANCES (ALL TYPES)
TOTAL ATTENDANCES (ALL TYPES)
1,725 1,697 1,128
961
660
11,597 10,030 7,995 6,615 5,018 5,174 7,062 7,709 6,693 5,906 5,316 4,900 15,774 16,545 20,807 16,438 15,982 16,907 16,392 32,545 33,637 36,511 29,746 26,906 26,824 26,680 172,332169,742 |178,277 154,871 139,711 138,858 142,691 144,641
4,601 5,388 6,302 7,601 9,806
6,250 6,643 6,820
15,470
28,022
14,964| 16,960
29,208 33,586 | 150,852 166,933 |
176
324
399
280
298
* Male cases only, female cases classified under non-venereal diseases + Formerly classified as akin diseases
#Formerly classified as skin diseases; partly classified as venereal diseases w.e.f. 1982