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The following figures will give information as to the prevalence
of Tuberculosis in the Borough, and of the work of the Dispensary:—
Number of Primary Notifications
455
Number of Deaths
171
Death Rate per 1,000 per annum
1.41
Number of cases admitted to Sanatoria
224
Total number of attendances
10,643
Total number of examinations (including new
cases, re-examinations, and contacts)
4,397
Total number of new patients
763
Nurses' Home visits
4,279
Doctors' Home Visits
435
Total number of contacts examined
658
Total number of reports to Public Authorities
1,069
Total number of letters to Doctors
759
One of the nurses has visited every notified case as soon as
possible after notification. The home conditions have been investigated,
and the risks of infection explained. Advice has been given
as to the mode of life the patient should follow, and suggestions
made with a view to preventing the infection of other members of
the household. A record is kept of the conditions found, and of
the number of contacts, and periodically the house is revisited. In
the large majority of cases the suggestions are carried out, and it is
only rarely that the nurses are met with indifference or hostility.
Only two such cases have been met with during the year in this way.
Some record of every known case of Tuberculosis in the Borough is
kept at the Dispensary, and as far as possible every notified case is
persuaded to attend the Dispensary for examination, and during
the year 74 per cent, of notified cases did attend. The only other
dispensaries in London which had a higher percentage of attendances
being Stoke Newington and the City of London. Most of the
remaining 26 per cent, comprise persons who were in institutions at
the time of notification, and only one case is known to have refused
to attend the Dispensary.