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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 1934
[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 | 128 | 71 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 138 | 77 | 12 | 16 | 243 | |
| (b Diagnosis not completed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 11 | 1 | - | 23 | |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 62 | 71 | 21 | 17 | 171 | |
| B.—Contacts examined during the year:- | ||||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 | |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 48 | 88 | 75 | 81 | 292 | |
| C.—Cases written off the Dispensary Register as— | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | 5 | - | 9 | - | - | 11 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 26 | ||
| (b) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 116 | 163 | 96 | 99 | 474 | |
| D.—Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st:— | ||||||||||||||
| 337 | 207 | 12 | 16 | 40 | 27 | 29 | 36 | 377 | 234 | 41 | 52 | 704 | ||
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 42 | |
| 1. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st | 765 | 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 | 78 | (a) Personal | 5 | |||||||||||
| (b) Other | 201 | |||||||||||||
| 8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to homes (including personal consultations) | 80 | |||||||||||||
| 3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assistance under the scheme, and cases "lost sight of " | 207 | |||||||||||||
| 9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to homes for Dispensary purposes | 4469 | |||||||||||||
| 4. Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes) | 129 | 10. Number of— (a) Specimens of sputum, &c., examined | 557 | |||||||||||
| 5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts) | 3364 | 121 | ||||||||||||
| 6. Number of Insured persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st December | 347 | 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 | 406 | |||||||||||||