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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
St Pancras 1944
Annual report (abridged) on the Health of the Borough for the year 1944
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TUBERCULOSIS
Tuberculosis Dispensary
The number of definite cases of tuberculosis on the Dispensary Register at the en d of the year was: —
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | TOTALS | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults | Children | Adults | Children | Adults | Children | ||||||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||||||
| 403 | 243 | 39 | 17 | 39 | 30 | 33 | 17 | 442 | 281 | 72 | 34 | ||||||
| Total attendances | 3,405 | Visits by Tuberculosis Visitors | 2,435 | ||||||||||||||
| X-Ray Examinations | 853 | Sputum Examinations | |||||||||||||||
| A.P.Refills | 2,045 | Admissions to Institutions | 363 | ||||||||||||||
| NEW CASES | DEATHS | ||||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmooary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | ||||||||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||||||||||
| Primary Notifitations | 156 | 105 | 16 | 18 | |||||||||||||
| Death Reports | 10 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Transfers | 26 | 20 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Other sources | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||
| AGES | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||
| 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | 2 | |||||||||
| 5 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 4 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 15 | 34 | 61 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| 25 | 46 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | . | 1 | |||||||||
| 35 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | I | |||||||||
| 45 | 31 | 11 | 1 | . | 20 | 5 | 1 | . | |||||||||
| 55 | 36 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 65 and upwards | 110 | 4 | . | 1 | 12 | 3 | . | . | |||||||||
| TOTALS | 192 | 128 | 19 | 19 | 39 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||
Comparable figures
for 19435- 167 105 24 20 80 31 2 4
Notification Register on 31st December 1944
Pulmonary 913 Non-Pulmonary 154
Comparable figures
for 1943:- 834 148