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Hampstead 1922
Report for the year 1922 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Report of the Tuberculosis Medical Officer for the Year 1922. Municipal Tuberculosis Dispensary.
| Number | Under observation at the Dispensary on Jan. 1st pending diagnosis. | Examined for the first time during the year. | Total. | Buffering from Tuberculosis. | Not suffering from Tuberculosis. | Under observation at the Dispensary on Dec.31st pending diagnosis. | Ceased attendance before completion of diagnosis. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non- Pulmonary | |||||||||
| All persons (including "Contacts.") | Adults | M. | 2 | 89 | 91 | 87 | 5 | 47 | 2 | – |
| F. | 14 | 161 | 175 | 34 | 8 | 120 | 10 | 3 | ||
| Children under 15 | M. | 9 | 109 | 118 | – | 22 | 90 | 4 | 2 | |
| F. | 6 | 86 | 92 | – | 6 | 80 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Total | 31 | 445 | 476 | 71 | 41 | 337 | 19 | 8 | ||
| (b)"Contacts" (included in (a) | Adults | M. | – | 33 | 33 | 10 | – | 22 | 1 | – |
| F. | 4 | 61 | 65 | 6 | – | 53 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Children under 15 | M | 6 | 65 | 71 | – | 10 | 54 | 1 | – | |
| F. | 3 | 64 | 67 | – | 4 | 60 | 1 | 1 | ||
| (c) Insured persons (included in (a) ). | M. | 1 | 52 | 53 | 25 | 5 | 22 | 2 | – | |
| F. | 4 | 37 | 41 | 19 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 3 | ||
I.—Number of patients under treatment or super
vision (excluding persons under observation or
domiciliary treatment) on the 31st December , ...
6. Number of repoits received from Insurance
Practitioners In respect of insured patients
under domiciliary trea tment during the year
195
1
434
2. Total number of attendances of ) Insured
patients at the Dispensary during >
the year ... ... ... ... ) Uninsured
7. — Number of persons referred to affiliated hospital
for consultation
Not affiliated
1304
8. —Number of consultations with I Insured ...
medical practitioners at the
homes of patients (Uninsured
4
2A. —Number of the above attendances at which
systematical physical examinations and records
were made ... .. ... ...
1073
8
9. —Number of other visits paid by Tuberculosis
Officer to the homes of patients
3, —Number of persons placed during the year under
observation at the Dispensary for the purpose
of diagnosis
62
139
10. —Number of visits paid by Nurses or Health
Visitors to the homes of patients for
dispensary purposes
4. —Number of cases in which the period of observation
vation at the Dispensary exceeded two months
23
943
11.—Number of specimens of sputum examined in
connection with the work of the Dispensary.
J. — Number of insured patients under domiciliary
treatment on December 31st
Not
accertainble.
185
*Insured persons under domicilary treatment by insurance practitioner, are excluded, even though they may attend the dispensary at intervals for
examination or consultation.
All insured persons in the dispensary area who are actnally receiving domiciliary treatment from Insurance practititioncrs are included,
Irrespective of the date upon which they were placed under domiciliary treatment and of any attendance at the dispensary.