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Paddington 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Paddington Tuberculosis Dispensary, 20,Talbot Road.
This is a voluntary agency supported by voluntary subscriptions and a grant from the
Paddington Borough Council usually amounting to £1,288. A full account of the Dispensary
and its activities will be found in the annual reports for 1924 and 1925.
Artificial sunlight treatment of patients was carried on during the year, but such treatment
is not recognised as part of the approved scheme by the Ministry of Health and the London
County Council.
During 1930, 43 patients received treatment, 929 exposures being given. All that can
be said so far of this treatment is that the results are encouraging.
New arrangements are now in force for the X-ray examination of patients, through
the services of a consulting Radiologist who resides close to the Dispensary.
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1. Number of persons on Dispensary Register
on January 1st 962
2. Number of patients transferred from other
areas and of "lost sight of" cases
returned 9
3. Number of patients transferred to other
areas and cases "lost sight of " 127
4. Died during the year 61
5. Number of observation cases under A (b)
and B (b) above in which period of observation
exceeded 2 months 18
6. Number of attendances at the Dispensary
(including Contacts) 5,451
7. Number of attendances of non-pulmonary
cases at Orthopaedic Out-stations for —
treatment or supervision
8. Number of attendances, at General Hospitals
or other Institutions approved for the
purpose, of patients for
(а) "Light treatment —
(b) Other special forms of treatment 108
9. Number of patients to whom Dental
Treatment was given, at or in
connection with the Dispensary ... 78
10. Number of consultations with medical
practitioners:—
(а) At Homes of Applicants 51
(b) Otherwise 195
11. Number of other visits by Tuberculosis
Officers to Homes 310
12. Number of visits by Nurses or Health
Visitors to Homes for Dispensary
purposes 2,949
13. Number of
(a) Specimens of sputum, &c„ examined 374
(b) X-ray examinations made in connection
with Dispensary work 103
14. Number of Insured Persons on
pensary Register on the 31st December
341
15. Number of Insured Persons under
Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st
December 153
16. Number of reports received during the
year in respect of Insured Persons:—
(a) Form G.P. 17 14
(b) Form G.P. 36 149