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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 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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The visiting (and certain other) work carried out in the Borough in connection with tuberculosis during 1920 was as follows:—
| Home visits* by— | ||
| Tuberculosis officers | 163 | |
| Women inspectors— | ||
| 572 | ||
| (b) Subsequent visits | 2062 | |
| Tuberculosis dispensary nurses | 980 | |
| — | 3777 | |
| Attendance of women inspectors at dispensaries | 201 | |
| Other visits of women inspectors for various purposes | 57 | |
| No. of cases in which disinfection was carried out | 75 | |
Tuberculosis Dispensaries.
The staff at the St. Pancras Dispensary (39, Oakley Square, and branch at 132,
Maiden Road), which serves the part of the Borough lying north of Euston Road (population
in 1911, 173,132) consists of the Borough Council's tuberculosis officer, one tuberculosis
nurse, and one (woman) clerical and general assistant, all full time officers. The lastmentioned
officer was appointed in 1920. The tuberculosis dispensary at University College
Hospital serves the whole of the Borough of Holborn (population in 1911, 49,357), in
addition to the part of St. Pancras lying north of Euston Road (population in 1911, 45,255),
as do also its staff, which consists of a part-time tuberculosis officer and a full-time
tuberculosis nurse.
The work done at the dispensaries in 1920 is shown in the following table :—
| Tuberculosis Dispensary at University College Hospital. | Tuberculosis Dispensary at St-Pancras Dispensary 39, Oakley Square | Branch Tuberculosis Dispensary of St. Pancras Dispensary at 132, Maiden Road. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insuredpersons. | Uninsured persons. | Total. | Insured persons. | Uninsured persons. | Total. | Insured persons. | Uninsured persons. | Total. | |
| No. of neiv cases | 94 | 80 | 174 | 240 | 208 | 448 | 13 | 81 | 94 |
| No. found to be suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis | 70 | 19 | 89 | 130 | 37 | 167 | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| Ditto non-pulmonary do. | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 32 | — | 7 | 7 |
| Ditto non-tuberculous | 14 | 47 | 61 | 69 | 109 | 178 | 5 | 37 | 42 |
| No. in whom diagnosis was found to be doubtful | 6 | 9 | 15 | 34 | 37 | 71 | 28 | 28 | |
| Total attendances | 765 | 517 | 1282 | 1518 | 1802 | 3320 | 45 | 681 | 726 |
| No. of above attendances at which physical examinations and records were made . . | 299 | 221 | 520 | 788 | 940 | 1728 | 42 | 324 | 366 |
| Home visits by Tuberculosis Officer | 4 | 1 | 5 | 114 | 44 | 158 | Included in Oakley Square | ||
| Ditto by Dispensary Nurse | 486 | 375 | 861 | 62 | 47 | 109 | — | 10 | 10 |
| No. of persons referred to the hospital to which this Dispensary is affiliated | 14 | 8 | 22 | 78 | 72 | 150 | 2 | 16 | 18 |
| No. of consultations with Medical Practitioners | — | — | — | — | 7 | 7 | — | — | — |
| No. of written reports to:— | |||||||||
| 260 | 79 | 339 | 1040 | 403 | 1443 | 5 | 84 | 89 | |
| 13 | 5 | 18 | 220 | 90 | 310 | 3 | 19 | 22 | |
| No. of Specimens of sputum examined | 51 | 15 | 66 | 532 | 266 | 798 | Included in Oakley Square | ||
*Exclusive of visits made by members of the Interim Tuberculosis Care Committee.