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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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