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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
Southwark 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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RETURN FOR THE YEAR 1932 SHOWING THE WORK OF THE TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY.
| 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 | 107 | 69 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 120 | 80 | 15 | 16 | 231 | |||
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | |||
| (c) Non-tuberculous | 59 | 52 | 11 | 21 | — | — | 9 | 2 | 59 | 52 | 20 | 23 | 154 | |||
| B.—Contacts examined during the year:— | ||||||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | |||
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| (c) Non-tuberculous | 43 | 74 | 92 | 83 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 43 | 74 | 95 | 84 | 296 | |||
| C.—Cases written off the Dispensary Register as:— (a) Recovered | 16 | 12 | 1 | - | 10 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 55 | |||
| (b) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous) | 107 | 128 | 106 | 110 | 13 | 5 | 107 | 128 | 119 | 115 | 469 | |||||
| D.—Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st:— (a) Definitely tuberculous | 328 | 229 | 19 | 16 | 23 | 27 | 25 | 30 | 351 | 256 | 44 | 46 | 697 | |||
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | |||
| 1. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st | 730 | 2. Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years | 46 | |||||||||||||
| 3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assistance under the scheme, and cases "lost sight of" | 146 | 4. Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes) | 106 | |||||||||||||
| 5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts) | 3324 | 6. Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st December | 103 | |||||||||||||
| 7. Number of consultations with medical practitioners:— | 8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to homes (including personal consultations) | 188 | ||||||||||||||
| (a) Personal | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| (6) Other | 240 | |||||||||||||||
| 9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to homes for Dispensary purposes | 3551 | 10. Number of:— | ||||||||||||||
| (a) Specimens of sputum, etc., examined | 551 | |||||||||||||||
| (6) X-ray examinations made in connection with Dispensary work. | 52 | |||||||||||||||
| 11. Number of "Recovered" cases restored to Dispensary Register, and included in A (a) and A (b) above | 3 | 12. Number of "T.B. plus" cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st | 320 | |||||||||||||