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St Pancras 1918

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1918

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Work Done.
The visiting work done during 1918 by the female visiting staff is indicated
in the following table: —
Number of visits to homes of notified cases—
(a) First visits 709
(b) Subsequent visits 699
Number of cases in which disinfection was carried out
Attendances of inspector or visitor at the dispensaries 35
Other visits made for various purposes 125

Table: Treatment of Tuberculosis.The work done during 1918 at the approved tuberculosis dispensaries, which are completely subsidised by the Borough Council and through them by the Local Government Board, the London County Council and the London Insurance Committee, is shown in the following table based on returns supplied by the dispensaries:—

Treatment of Tuberculosis.

The work done during 1918 at the approved tuberculosis dispensaries, which are completely subsidised by the Borough Council and through them by the Local Government Board, the London County Council and the London Insurance Committee, is shown in the following table based on returns supplied by the dispensaries:—

Tuberculosis Dispensary at University College Hospital.Tuberculosis Dispensary at St-Pancras Dispensary 39, Oakley SquareBronch Tubercu-losis Dispensary of St. Pancras Dispensary at 18.2, Maiden Road.
Insured persons.Uninsured persons.Total.Insured persons.Uninsured persons.Total.Insured persons.Uninsured persons.Total.
No. of new cases1199121023227450623116139
No. found to be suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis65218616784251184260
Ditto non-pulmonary do.23542731178
Ditto non-tuberculous9192811243511112
No. in whom diagnosis was found to be doubtful4348915013918935659
Total attendances9187941712712265233645610231079
No. of above attendances at which physical examinations and records were made26225251425252978140345385
Home visits by Tuberculosis Officer4269067157Included in Oakley Square
Ditto by Dispensary Nurse30426356710035745756135191
No. of persons referred to the hospital to which this Dispensary is affiliated202121426088
No. of consultations with Medical Practitioners]12303000
No. of written reports to:— (a) Public Authorities10773180514543105739196235
(b) Practitioners16132947249044
No. l of Specimens of sputum examined351348302252Included in Oaklley Square