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Hampstead 1921
Report for the year 1921 of the Medical Officer of Health
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From notifications received in the year 1921, 2-50 potential
Contacts accrued.
During the year 192 Contacts have been examined:—
| Non-Tuberculous. | Tuberculous. | Doubtful. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male. | ||||
| Insured | 24 | 20 | 3 | 1 |
| Non-Insured | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Female. | ||||
| Insured | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| Non-Insured | 44 | 37 | 5 | 2 |
| Children | 108 | 91 | 15 | 2 |
A word of explanation is advisable as to the definition of a contact:
lack of uniformity in the cases grouped under this heading leads to
widely different results as to the number of positive cases from various
dispensaries.
At this Dispensary it is the custom to call every case a Contact
which comes from a family in which there is a notified case of
tuberculosis; and this obtains whether the case comes at the request of
the Dispensary or is sent by the Practitioner as a case of tuberculosis.
In the following tabular statement some idea may be gained of the work done in connection with the Dispensary since its inception:—
| Year. | No. of New Applicants. | No. of New Applicants treated. | No. of Contacts examined. | Total Attendances of all kinds. | Total No. of Home Visits paid by Tuberculosis Medical Officer and the Nurse. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 | 455 | 191 | 204 | 2808 | 1013 |
| 1st Feb. to 31st Dec. 1914 | 455 | 118 | 195 | 1913 | 1269 |
| 1915 | 308 | 146 | 158 | 899 | 459 |
| 1916 | 230 | 165 | 100 | 1519 | 368 |
| 1917 | 383 | 183 | 113 | 1682 | 766 |
| 1918 | 371 | 105 | 124 | 1821 | 298 |
| 1919 | 296 | 85 | 57 | 1543 | 215 |
| 1920 | 384 | 221 | 112 | 2625 | 104 |
| 1921 | 479 | 127 | 192 | 2327 | 440 |
Number of visits to patients at their own homes by the Lady
Sanitary Inspector in connection with the supervision of home conditions
and "following up," 1516.