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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Islington 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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41 1927
A summary of the combined dispensaries is given for the following years :
| Cases. | Attendances. | Cases. | Attendances. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 1,415 | 10,816 | 1924 | 1,051 | 9,496 |
| 1921 | 1,373 | 10,242 | 1925 | 1,199 | 9,570 |
| 1922 | 1,181 | 9,956 | 1926 | 1,212 | 10,038 |
| 1923 | 1,283 | 10,826 | 1927 | 1,156 | 8,887 |
| Totals | 9,870 | 79 831 | |||
| Date. | Dispensary | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May. | June July Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Year. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attendences | Northern | 333 | 249 | 285 | 231 | 237 | 177 202 220 | 199 | 290 | 229 | 195 | 2,847 | 8,891 |
| Southern | 552 | 518 | 524 | 479 | 491 | 433 504 459 | 536 | 581 | 523 | 444 | 6,044 | ||
| New Cases including Contacts | Northern | 51 | 37 | 47 | 50 | 43 | 31 53 60 | 47 | 64 | 54 | 37 | 574 | 1,156 |
| Southern | 54 | 47 | 49 | 44 | 40 | 39 53 43 | 62 | 64 | 59 | 28 | 582 | ||
| Concacts lberculosis | Northern | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1- 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 8 | 28 |
| Southern | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 5 3 3 | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20 | ||
| inspects | Northern | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 2 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 20 |
| Southern | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 -i 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 6 | ||
| on-Tuberculous | Northern | 23 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 4 1 24 1 23 | 14 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 182 | 381 |
| Southern | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 6 26 18 | 30 | 25 | 28 | 5 | 199 | ||
| nurses ' Visits | Northern | 78 | 58 | 94 | 75 | 101 | 85 74 114 | 94 | 88 | 103 | 86 | 1,050 | 3,190 |
| Southern | 191 | 171 | 195 | 180 | 213 | 195 179 - | 222 | 203 | 211 | 180 | 2,140 | ||
| berculosis Officers'Visits | Northern | 19 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 16 | 14 13 18 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 168 | 599 |
| Southern | 34 | 31 | 45 | 34 | 31 | 28 50 28 | 37 | 38 | 41 | 34 | 431 |
HOME VISITATION—TUBERCULOSIS.
Visits paid by Municipal Tuberculosis Visiting Nurse during the period 1st January, 1927, to 31 December, 1927.
| Month. | North Dispensary. | South Dispensary. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 139 | 138 | 277 |
| February | 135 | 120 | 235 |
| March | 120 | 131 | 251 |
| Apiil | 99 | 91 | 190 |
| May | 131 | 136 | 267 |
| June | 77 | 49 | 126 |
| July | 101 | 113 | 214 |
| August | 124 | 121 | 245 |
| September | 135 | 118 | 253 |
| October | 119 | 118 | 237 |
| November | 131 | 116 | 217 |
| December | 144 | 115 | 259 |
| 1,455 | 1,366 | 2,821 |
The Municipal Tuberculosis Visiting Nurse works under the direction of the
Tuberculosis Officers of the North and South Islington Tuberculosis Dispensaries
in accordance with the arrangements made in Conference with the Chief Executive
Tuberculosis Officer, Dr. G. Clark Trotter.
Her visits are made in regard to the "treatment" of patients notified to be
Milk-ring from the disease; patients attending the Dispensaries; Ex-Service
Tuberculosis War Pensioners, etc.