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The following is the Report of the Tuberculosis Officer, M. M. Khan, M.B.,
B.S. Lond., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., from the opening of the same to the end of the
year:—
The record of attendances for the period under consideration is not all that
could be desired, but account must be taken of the fact that the arrangements for
the Dispensary treatment of persons residing in the Borough of Holborn only
came into operation at the beginning of February, 1915.
Moreover, the specially appointed Tuberculosis Health Visitor did not
commence her duties until the beginning of April of the same year. The scheme
is now beginning to work more smoothly, and the attendances are increasing
slowly but steadily, and there is hope that the next annual report will be more
satisfactory.
The Borough of Holborn is well supplied with General Dispensaries and
Hospitals, so that competition is keen and patients naturally do not like changing
their doctors.
A great deal more could be done by the local practitioners to assist the
Dispensary in its campaign against Tuberculosis. They could at least advise
their patients to have their contacts examined at the Dispensary. Many of the
doctors send their patients to the General and Special Hospitals instead of
referring them to the Dispensary, which has been specially equipped for the
diagnosis and treatment of Tuberculosis.
1.—New Patients.
The total number of new patients examined during the period under
consideration was 110. Of these 46 were insured and 64 non-insured. The table
below gives a summary of the cases.
Insured.
Males.
Females.
Non-Insured.
Children
under 16.
Adults.
Males.
Females.
Totals.
No. of persons examined for the first time, at
or in connection with the Dispensary
34 12 41 8 15 110
No. of persons found to be suffering from
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
274 10 6 8 55
No. of persons suffering from non-Pulmonary
Tuberculosis
000000
No. of persons found to be non-tuberculous 6 6 28 1 5 46
No. of persons in whom the diagnosis was
doubtful
1 2 3 1 2 9