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Lambeth Municipal Tuberculosis Dispensaries Scheme.
(Inaugurated by the Council, October 3rd, 1912.)
Ministry of Health Table—FORM T. 145—(Continued).
Return (Prepared by the Tuberculosis Officer) of the Work carried out in
connection with the Branch Dispensary for the Year 1933.
N.B.—The Branch Dispensary (St. Thomas's Hospital) was opened February 3rd, 1913.
(b) BRANCH DISPENSARY {St. Thomas's Hospital).
Diagnosis
Pulmonary
Non-Pulmonary
Total
Adults
Children
Adults
Children
Adults
Children
M.
F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
A.—New Cases examined during the year
(a) Definitely tuberculous
84
46
2
1
2
3
6
2
86
49
8
3
(b) Diagnosis not completed
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6
3
—
1
(c) Non-tuberculous
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
114
118
17
14
B.—Contacts examined during the year:—
(a) Definitely tuberculous
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
(b) Diagnosis not completed
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
1
—
(c) Non-tuberculous
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
56
88
80
81
C.—Cases written off the Dispensary
(a) Recovered
5
2
—
2
—
—
5
4
5
2
5
6
(b) Non-tuberculous (including any
such cases previously diagnosed
and entered in the Dispensary
Register as Tuberculous)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
171
207
99
97
D.—Number of Cases on Dispensary
Register on December 31st, 1933:—
(a) Definitely tuberculous
255
156
8
4
21
19
17
15
276
175
25
19
(b) Diagnosis not eompleted
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
15
9
7
7
1. Number of cases on Dispensary
Register on January 1st, 1933 522
2. Number of cases transferred from
other areas and cases returned
after discharge under Head 3 in
previous year 27
3. Number of cases transferred to
other areas, cases not desiring
further assistance under the
scheme, and cases "lost sight
of" 67
4. Cases written off during the year
as dead (all causes) 84
5. Number of attendances at the
Dispensary (including Contacts) 3,471
6. Number of Insured Persons under
Domiciliary Treatment on
December 31st 100
7. Number of consultations with
medical practitioners:—
(а) Personal 21
(b) Other 713
8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis
Officers to Homes (including
personal consultations) 241
9. Number of visits by Nurses or
Health Visitors to Homes for
Dispensary purposes 2,522
10. Number of—
(a) Specimens of Sputum, etc.,
examined 598
(b) X-Ray Examinations made
in connection with Dispensary
work 763
11. Number of "Recovered" cases
restored to Dispensary Register,
and included in A (a) and A (b)
above 2
12. Number of "T.B. plus" cases
on Dispensary Register on
December 31st 277
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