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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
St Pancras 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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For the estimate of the value of the institutional treatment from the point
of view of the community, more than a year must have elapsed from the
sojourn in the institution. For this reason the investigation into the
condition of the 165 Persons who were sent to sanatoria and hospitals by the
Insurance Committee during 191:3 has been continued down to June, 1915,.
and the results are set out in the next table.
After-HISTORY of 165 uninsured persons who received sanatorium or hospital treatment IN 1913.
| Condition in April, 1914. (See Annual Report for 1913). | Condition in June, 1915. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dead. | Worse. | No change. | Relapsed after improvement | Improved. | Lost sight of. | |||||||||
| Men. | Women. | Men. | Women. | Men. | Women. | Men. | Women. | Men. | Women. | Men. | Women. | Men. | Women. | |
| Dead | 22 | 6 | 22 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Worse | 16 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 1 |
| No change | 25 | 4 | 5 | – | 1 | 1 | 5 | – | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | – |
| Relapsed after improvement | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Improved | 30 | 17 | 6 | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 3 |
| Lost sight of | 28 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 28 | 11 |
| 121 | 44 | 43 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 9 | – | 8 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 45 | 18 | |
These results are summarised in the next table:–
After-history ok 165 insured persons who received sanatorium or hospital treatment in 1913.
| Condition in April, 1914. | Condition in June, 1915. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men. | Women. | Persons. | Men. | Women. | Persons. | |
| Dead | 22 | 6 | 28 | 43 | 10 | 53 |
| Worse | 16 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| No change | 25 | 4 | 29 | 9 | – | 9 |
| Relapsed after improvement | – | – | – | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| Improved | 30 | 17 | 47 | 14 | 12 | 26 |
| Lost sight of | 23 | 14 | 42 | 45 | 18 | 63 |
| 121 | 44 | 165 | 121 | 44 | 165 | |
The completeness of the results is marred by the large number (more than
one-third of the total) of persons lost sight of. Of the 102 cases which
remained under observation in June, 1915 (an average of two years after
admission) 53, or more than half, were dead and only 26, or one quarter, were
reported as improved.