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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
Poplar 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Return for the year 1933. 1. Return showing the work of the Dispensary.
| Diagnosis. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Total. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | Grand Total | ||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |||||
| A.— New Cases examined during the year (excluding Contacts):– | ||||||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely Tuberculous | 98 | 70 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 105 | 78 | 9 | 12 | 204 | |||
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | |||
| (c) Non-Tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 125 | 169 | 99 | 102 | 495 | |||
| B.— Contacts examined during the year:— | ||||||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely Tuberculous | 7 | 9 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 20 | |||
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |||
| (c) Non-Tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 89 | 120 | 131 | 120 | 460 | |||
| C.— Cases written off the Dispensary Register as:— | ||||||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | 13 | 10 | — | 5 | — | — | 3 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 39 | |||
| (b) Non-Tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as Tuberculous) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 220 | 305 | 234 | 230 | 989 | |||
| D.— Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st:— | ||||||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely Tuberculous | 319 | 249 | 20 | 41 | 40 | 52 | 79 | 64 | 359 | 301 | 99 | 105 | 864 | |||
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 20 | |||
| 1. Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st, 1933 | 886 | 2. Number of Cases transferred from other areas, and Cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years | 27 | |||||||||||||
| 3. Number of Cases transferred to other areas, Cases not desiring further assistance under the scheme, and Cases "lost sight of" | 81 | 4. Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes) | 119 | |||||||||||||
| 5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts) | 6,201 | 6. Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on December 31st | 252 | |||||||||||||
| 7. Number of Consultations with Medical Practitioners:— | 8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to homes (including personal Consultations) | 420 | ||||||||||||||
| (a) Personal | 14 | |||||||||||||||
| (b) Other | 314 | |||||||||||||||
| 9. Number of visits by Health Visitors to homes | 5,640 | 10. Number of:— (a) Specimens of Sputum, etc., examined | P. H. | 370 | ||||||||||||
| Dispensary | 1,119 | |||||||||||||||
| (b) X-RAY examinations made | Screen | 124 | ||||||||||||||
| Films | 138 | |||||||||||||||
| 11. Number of "Recovered" Cases restored to Dispensary Register, and included in A (a) and A (b) above | 1 | 12. Number of "T.B. plus" Cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st | 472 | |||||||||||||