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City Road, on December 1st, 1916. During 1927 new patients
numbering 420 were examined ; of these, 163 were under 15 years
of age, the rest above that age. Those suffering from tuberculosis
were 86 (48 insured and 38 not insured). The suspects were 9
(6 insured and 3 not insured). The total number of patients, new
and old, who attended during the year was 938. The total attendances
were 4,207. The visits to the homes of the patients were 3,194.
These visits were nearly all made by the nurse attached to the
dispensary. 145 persons were recommended by the Tuberculosis
Officer for sanatorium or hospital treatment. In the great majority
of these cases institutional treatment was given.
The total number of close contacts examined at the Tuberculosis
Dispensary was 200, out of a possible 445. The number of " X "-
ray examinations was 23. The number of sputum specimens
examined by the hospital pathologist was 455.
The Tuberculosis Officer made 417 visits to the homes of the
patients.
Under the scheme formulated by the Ministry of Health in
Memorandum 30/T the Tuberculosis Officer furnished 286 reports
to the Ministry of Pensions in respect of the examination of exservice
men during 1927. The fees paid for this work are handed
over by the Borough Council to the Tuberculosis Officer.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
Small Pox. —No case was notified during 1927. Cases were
notified in other London boroughs, and the names and addresses
of many persons living in Finsbury, who had been in contact
with persons suffering from small pox, were notified to me. Each
contact was kept under observation during the incubation period.
Free supplies of calf lymph were maintained for use in emergency,
and were distributed free to medical practitioners in Finsbury
upon request, for use in the cases of persons who had been in close
contact with small pox and persons closely associated with close
contacts.
Typhus Fever. —No case was notified in 1927.
Cerebro Spinal Fever. —Two cases were notified in 1927. There
were no deaths.