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73, Dynham Road,
Kilburn, N.W. 6.
I have the honour to submit a report on the working of the
Borough Tuberculosis Dispensary for the year 1925, together with a
Quinquennial Survey for the period ending December, 1925,
501 patients attended the Dispensary during the year, and the
total number of attendances was 1359, at which 871 systematic physical
examinations were made. The attendances were 242 less than last
year.
New applicants attending numbered 299, and these have been
classified as shown in the following report:—
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.
NonPulmonary.
(a) All persons
(including
"Contacts.")
Adults
M.
2
65
67
28
1
38
¯
F.
3
126
129
40
5
81
2
1
Children
under 15
M
2
53
55
—
3
49
2
1
F.
4
55
59
4
2
46
6
1
Total
11
299
310
72
11
214
10
3
(b) “Contacts"
(included in (a))
Adults
M.
1
21
22
3
—
19
—
—
F.
1
42
43
5
1
35
2
—
Children
under 15
M.
1
28
29
—
—
26
2
1
F.
4
37
41
3
—
31
6
1
(e) Insured persons (included
in (a)).
M.
2
45
47
19
1
27
F.
3
50
53
15
3
35
—
—
1.—Number of patients under treatment or supervision
(excluding persons under observation or
domiciliary treatment) on the 31st December*...
118
4.—Number of reports received from Insurance
Practitioners in respect of insured patients
under domiciliary treatment during the year
51
2,—Number of persons placed during the year under
observation at the Dispensary for the purpose
of diagnosis
91
6.—Number of visits paid by Nurses or Health
Visitors to the homes of patients for
dispensary purposes
2085
3.—Number of cases in which the period of observation
at the Dispensary exceeded two months
24
6.—Number of specimens of sputum examined in
connection with the work of the Dispensary...
224
* Insured persons under domicilary treatment by Insurance practitioners are excluded, even though they may attend the dispensary at intervals for
examination or consultation.