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TABLE 29 WORK OF TUBERCULOSIS AND CHEST SERVICE 1983

Total attendances

702 950

Total patients attending (old & new)

98 266

Number of new patients

53 469

Classification of new patients

I) NSD" & Unknown

II)

Diseases other than tuberculosis

III) Non-respiratory tuberculosis

a) Meninges

b) Bones and joints

c) Others

IV) Respiratory tuberculosis

a) Not active and unknown activity

b) Active

i) By bacteriology and extent

39(0.07)

359(0.68)

Negative Al

42

A3

Positive B1

B2

B3

Incomplete 01

02

03

ii) By previous history and treatment

No previous history of tuberculosis

Previously diagnosed, no treatment Previously diagnosed, with treatment Previous history not known

Total with examination completed

TABLE 30

EXAMINATION OF NEW CONTACTS OF TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS 1983

Number of patients listed

7 570

Number of contacts listed

21 310

(a) Number of children with negative tuberculin/tine*

1 899

32 040(59.92)

8 627(16.13)

Number of children given BCC

1 888

404 (0.76)

(b) Number of contacts X-rayed

14 169

(100.00%)

6(0.01)

Results

NSD# & Unknown

Diseases other than TB

13 431

(94.80%)

131

(0.92%)

6 775(12.67)

Respiratory TB

5 431(10.16)

Active A (negative by bacteriology)

89

(0.63%)

2 051(3.84)

B (positive by bacteriology)

38

(0.27%)

403(0.75) 65(0.12)

1 302(2.44)

953(1.78)

0 (incomplete investigation)

16

(0.11%)

Not active

431

(3.04%)

Non-respiratory TB

2

(0.01%)

440(0.82)

148(0.28)

Result not yet known

31

(0.22%)

56(0.11)

13(0.02)

4 787(8.95)

4(0.01)

573(1.07)

67(0.13)

# Nil of significance detected

* for NT Chest Clinics only

53 277(99.64)

Note: Figures in brackets denote percent of total new patients

#Nil of significance detected