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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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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 | 123 | 64 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 134 | 70 | 14 | 16 | 234 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 5 | 1 | - | 12 |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 57 | 82 | 32 | 24 | 195 |
| B.—Contacts examined during the year:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 23 | 35 | 41 | 108 |
| C.—Cases written off the Dispen- sary Register as- | |||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | 6 | 11 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 25 |
| (b) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 72 | 114 | 70 | 66 | 322 |
| D.—Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 348 | 209 | 9 | 8 | 40 | 35 | 32 | 38 | 388 | 244 | 41 | 46 | 719 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 46 |
1. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on
January 1st 814
2. Number of cases transferred from other areas and
cases returned after discharge under Head 3
in previous years 86
3. Number of cases transferred to other areas,
cases not desiring further assistance under the
scheme, and cases "lost sight of" . 211
4. Cases written off during the year as Dead (all
causes) 128
5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary
cluding Contacts) 3024
6. Number of Insured persons under Domiciliary
Treatment on the 31st December 362
7. Number of consultations with medical
tioners :—
(a) Personal 12
(b) Other 223
8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to
homes (including personal consultations) 81
9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors
to homes for Dispensary purposes 4287
10. Number of—
(a) Specimens of sputum, &c., examined 561
(b) X-ray examinations made in connection
with Dispensary work 85
11. Number of 44 Recovered" cases restored to
Dispensary Register, and included in A (a)
and A. (b) above . 2
12. Number of "T.B. plus cases on Dispensary
Register on 31st December 410