[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough] page 92

St Pancras 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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During February the Council made provision for the Tuberculosis Officer to attend a
post-graduate course held at Victoria Park Hospital for Diseases of the Chest. The course,
which continued for six days, included lectures and practical demonstrations on many important
developments in the treatment and diagnosis of tuberculosis, and was of very great
interest and value.
Gr. A. BACK, M.B., B.Ch., D.P.H."

Table: The following table gives a summary of the work carried out at the Tuberculosis Dispensary during the year :—

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The following table gives a summary of the work carried out at the Tuberculosis Dispensary during the year :—

Diagnosis.	Pulmonary.					Non-Pulmonary.				Total.				Grand 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 (excluding contacts) :—
(a) Definitely tuberculous	96	55	6		5	6	11	10	14	102	66	16	19	203
(b) Diagnosis not completed	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—	14	14	1	3	32
(c) Non-tuberculous	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—	75	81	43	35	231
B.—Contacts examined during the year:—											81
(a) Definitely tuberculous	—	4	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	4	—	—	4
(b) Diagnosis not completed	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—	3	4	3	1	11
(c) Non-tuberculous	-—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—	22	27	30	55	131
C.—Cases written off the Dispensary Register as—
(a) Recovered	7	9	4		2	—	2	5	2	7	11	9	4	31
(b) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous)	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—	100	112	76	91	379
D.—Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st:—
(a) Definitely tuberculous	342	218	19		18	31	32	40	44	373	250	59	62	744
(b) Diagnosis not completed	—	—	—		—	—	~~	—	—	25	31	5	4	65
1. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st				851		7. Number of consultations with medical practitioners :—
2. Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years				67		(a) Personal								10
						(b) Other								145
						8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to homes (including personal consultations)
3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assistance under the scheme, and cases " lost sight of "				223										151
				223		9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to homes for Dispensary purposes								4129
4. Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes)				94		10. Number of—
4. Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes)				94		(a) Specimens of sputum, &c., examined								175
5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts)				3264		(b) X-ray examinations made in connection with Dispensary work								65
6. Number of Insured persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st December				242		11. Number of "Recovered" cases restored to Dispensary Register, and included in A (a) and A(b) above
						12. Number of "T.B. plus" cases on Dispensary Register on 31st December								368

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Table: The following table gives a summary of the work carried out at the Tuberculosis Dispensary during the year :—