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Stepney 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Ministry of Health. Form T145a.
Supplementary Annual Return showing in summary form (a) the condition at the end of 1932 of all patients remaining on the
Dispensary Register; and (b) the reasons for the removal of all cases written off the Register. The Table is arranged according
to the years in which the patients were first entered on the Dispensary Register as definite cases of pulmonary tuberculosis, and
their classification at that time.
A. Return showing the work of the Dispensaries for the year 1932:—
| 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 | 152 | 99 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 23 | 18 | 162 | 107 | 46 | 30 | 851 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed .. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | 26 | 17 | 14 | |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 114 | 153 | 87 | 71 | |
| b—Contact6 examined during the year!— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 735 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed .. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 101 | 199 | 211 | 195 | ||
| C.—Cases written off the Dispensary Register as:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | 20 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 33 | 11 | 10 | 1,273 |
| (b) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 232 | 371 | 310 | 280 | |
| D.—Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 812 | 533 | 95 | 89 | 68 | 63 | 126 | 98 | 880 | 596 | 221 | 187 | 1,973 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 24 | 21 | 24 | |