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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 1938
[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 | 122 | 73 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 136 | 86 | 246 | |||
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | —_ | — | — | — | 6 | 6 | — | — | |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 95 | ||||
| 13.—Contacts examined during the year:— (a) Definitely tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | ||
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 69 | 89 | 63 | 64 | |
| C.—Cases written off the Dispensary Register as— (a) Recovered | 6 | 6 | 6 | 36 | |||||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 203 | 542 | ||||
| D.—Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on Decernber 31st:— (a) Definitely tuberculous | 225 | 30 | 33 | 23 | 414 | 794 | |||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| I. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st | 797 | 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 | 90 | (a) Personal | |||||||||||
| (b) Other 8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to | |||||||||||||
| 3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assistance under the scheme, and cases "lost sight of " | 186 | homes (including personal consultations) | |||||||||||
| 9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to homes for Dispensary purposes | |||||||||||||
| 4. Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes) | 10. Number of— (a) Specimens of sputum, &c., examined | ||||||||||||
| 5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (in- i cluding Contacts) | (6) X-ray examinations made in connection with Dispensary work* | 377 | |||||||||||
| 328 | 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 | |||||||||||||
"NOT including those made for A.P. refills.