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St Pancras 1916
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1916
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The work done by the visiting staff is shown below :—
Number of visits to homes of notified cases—
(a) First visits 496
(b) Subsequent visits 129
Number of cases in which disinfection was carried out 96
Attendances of inspector or visitor at the dispensaries 80
Other visits made for various purposes 226
Treatment of Tuberculosis.
The agreements between the Borough Council on the one hand, and
University College Hospital and the St. Pancras Dispensary respectively on
the other, were concluded during tbe year. The scheme for the dispensary
treatment of tuberculosis, to which these agreements gave effect, was described
in previous annual reports.
The work done at the dispensaries during 1916 is shewn in the following table based on figures supplied from the dispensaries:—
| Tuberculosis Dispensary at University College Hospital. | Tuberculosis Dispensary at St-Pancras Dispensary 39, Oakley Square | Branch Tuberculosis Dispeasary of St. Pancras Dispensary at 132, Maiden Road. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insured persons. | Uninsured persons. | Total. | Insured persons. | Uninsured persons. | Total. | Insured persons. | Uninsured persons. | Total. | |
| No. of new cases | 115 | 130 | 245 | 216 | 248 | 464 | 21 | 73 | 94 |
| Total attendances | 366 | 526 | 892 | 642 | 1700 | 2342 | 89 | 552 | 641 |
| Home visits by Tuberculosis Officer | *4 | *1 | *5 | 8 | 8 | 16 | — | — | — |
| Home visits by Dispensary Nurse | 104 | 181 | 285 | 194 | 732 | 926 | 28 | 102 | 130 |
| Written Medical Reports to Public Authorities | *36 | *18 | *54 | 58 | 50 | 108 | 12 | 14 | 26 |
| Do., to Practitioners | *77 | *9 | *86 | 121 | 30 | 151 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Specimens of sputum examined | 51 | 33 | 84 | 47 | 31 | 78 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
* Last 9 months only.
Residential Institutions.—Institutional treatment (sanatorium and hospital)
is provided by the London Insurance Committee for insured persons, and by
the London County Council for uninsured persons. In addition, many
tuberculous poor are dealt with by the Guardians in the Infirmaries, and
charitable societies send away a certain number of cases.