135. Combined attendances at all clinics showed a slight drop as compared with last year, the decrease being due to a reduction in first visits of voluntary attenders. Revisits showed a further increase, a fact which was also noted in the previous year. Details of attendances are as follows:
138. Condition of new patients on frst attendance:
(1) Examination incomplete
«) Attended but did not complete examination
6) Examination or diagnosis incomplete as
2,269
at
31.12.52
1,412
First Visits
Return Visits (Consultation only)
Total Visits:
1969
1951
28,284
34,838
(2) Examined and found to be non-lubercular
73,706
69,596
101,990
104,434
3,621
14,999
(3) Examined and found to be suffering from tuberculosis;
a} Aclive
b) Quiescent
5,793
2,613
1.198
9,604
Total:
28,284
136. The figure for return visits does not take account of the number of treatment visits recorded during the year, of which accurate details are not available. (These have, however, increased at least threefold as compared with the previous year). Again, it does not take account of the 14,940 visits made for milk powder nor the return visits, numbering about 300-350 per day, made by patients for symptomatic treatment.
137. The origin of new patients was as follows:
1952
Voluntary attendera
Contacts
22,761
1951
28.459
1,143
1,801
Referred by-
Private practitioners
691
630
Hospitals
1,624
1,472
Routine
742
483
Government Servants-
Voluntary
65
71
Survey
129
1,804
1,078
271
128
Surveys (noff Government)
Private School Teachers
c) Arrested
139. Although there has been a drop of 17% in the total number of cases of tuberculosis diagnosed during the year the distribution of cases according to extent of disease remaina unchanged. The number of active minimal cases attending for the first time was 2,233. Only a small percentage of these were able to obtain treatment in hospital.
Radiological Examinations.
140. All radiological examinations were carried out for the Tuberculosis Service by the staff of the X-ray department work- ing under the control of the Senior Radiologist. In Hong Kong the X-ray examinations were carried out in Queen Mary Hospital and in Kowloon in the Tuberculosis Clinic.
All new patients except young children, on first attendance were examined on 35 m.m. film. Details of the work done are as follows:
Total:
28,284
34,828
MAKELAARINAJ
28
35 mm.
Harcourt Tuberculosis Clinic
Kowloon Tuberculosis Clinic
31,854
Large filma or paper
18,856
15,111
15,437
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