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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
Hampstead 1923
Report for the year 1923 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Municipal Tuberculosis Dispensary.
| Number of | Under observation at the Dispensary on Jan. 1st pending diagnosis. | Examined for the first time during the year. | Total. | Suffering from Tuberculosis. | Not suffering from Tuberculosis | Under observation at the Dispensary on Dec. 31st pending diagnosis. | Ceased attendance before completion of diagnosis. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||||||
| (a) All persons (including "Contacts.") | Adults | M. | 2 | 91 | 93 | 36 | 6 | 48 | 2 | 1 |
| F. | 10 | 152 | 162 | 43 | 3 | 105 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Children under 15 | M. | 5 | 93 | 98 | – | 13 | 82 | 2 | 1 | |
| F. | 3 | 86 | 89 | – | 8 | 76 | 5 | – | ||
| Total | 20 | 422 | 442 | 79 | 30 | 311 | 14 | 8 | ||
| (b) "Contacts" (included in (a) ) | Adults | M. | 1 | 28 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 1 |
| F. | 5 | 64 | 69 | 7 | 1 | 58 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Children under 15 | M. | 5 | 51 | 56 | – | 4 | 49 | 2 | 1 | |
| F. | 1 | 56 | 57 | – | 5 | 51 | 1 | – | ||
| (c) Insured persons (included in (a)). | M. | 1 | 75 | 76 | 31 | 5 | 39 | 1 | – | |
| F. | 4 | 42 | 46 | 18 | – | 24 | 1 | 3 | ||
Report of the Tuberculosis Medical Officer.
I.—Number of patients under treatment or super-
vision
(excluding persons under observation or
domiciliary treatment) on the 31st December* 129
6.—Number of reports received from Insurance
Practitioners in respect of insured patients
under domiciliary treatment during the year 6
2. —Total number of attendances of
patients at the Dispensary during
the year
Insured 457
7. —Number of persons referred to hospital for con-
sultation 75
Uninsured 1077
8. —Number of consultations with
medical practitioners at the
homes of patients
Insured 7
Uninsured 5
3. —Number of the above attendances at which
systematical physical examinations and records
were made 991
9.—Number of other visits paid by Tuberculosis
Officer to the homes of patients 48
4, —Number of persons placed during the year under
observation at the Dispensary for the purpose
of diagnosis 115
10, —Number of visits paid by Nurses or Health
Visitors to the homes of patients for
dispensary purposes 2264
5.—Number of cases in which the period of obser-
vation at the Dispensary exceeded two months 19
11.—Number of specimens of sputum examined in
connection with the work of the Dispensary 299
*Insured persons under domicilary treatment by Insurance practitioners, are excluded, even though they may attend the dispensary at intervals for
examination or consultation.