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Islington 1921

Sixty-sixth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington

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25 [1921
TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARIES.
The work of the Tuberculosis Dispensaries has been very satisfactorily performed,
and during the year 1,373 persons were examined by the Tuberculosis Officers, and the
patients. made 10,242 attendances.
At the Northern Dispensary there were 615 new cases, and at the Southern 758, while
the attendances at the former were 3,212 and at the latter 7,030. The examination of
contacts with tuberculous cases showed that 29 were suffering from tuberculosis, 35 were
suspect, and 388 were not suffering. The nurses of the Northern Dispensary paid 1,294
visits, and those of the Southern 2,056, to the homes of the patients, while the Tuberculosis
Officer of the Northern Dispensary made 182 visits, and of the Southern 301 visits to the
patients' homes for the purpose of examining them.
The number of persons in attendance at them in each year since their institution is
as follows:

Table: TUBERCULOSIS.

TUBERCULOSIS.

191619171918191919201921
North DispySouth DispyNorth DispySouth DispyNorth DispySouth DispyNorth DispySouth DispyNorth DispySouth DispyNorth DispySouth Dispy
New Cases-312628717635872585756655760615758
Actual number of Attendances-9442279429137986511405767823921689532127030
Totals—12562907500844337383464275384576765538277788

Table: A summary of this table gives the following figures:

A summary of this table gives the following figures:

Cases.Attendances.Cases.Attendances.
191631294419201,41510,816
19171,3456,57019211,37310,242
19181,50710,309
Totals7,29349,720
19191,34110,839

Table: Table showing the number of Tuberculous Persons attending the Borough Tuberculosis Dispensaries and the New Cases during1921.

Table showing the number of Tuberculous Persons attending the Borough Tuberculosis Dispensaries and the New Cases during1921.

Date.Dispensary.Jan.Feb.Mar.Apr.May.June.July.Aug.Sept.Oct.Nov.Dec.Year.Total.
AttendancesNorthern3402882392602372592872412863112272373,21210,242
Southern6076106606166415455115445825785905467,030
New CasesIncluding ContactsNorthern6349527531476427626734446151,373
Southern769479697372504557524348758
Contacts.
TuberculosisNorthern11----2-1-11729
Southern213121-4321222
SuspectsNorthern1—1-----2—21735
Southern252-2353121228
Non-TuberculousNorthern20151829862551927919200388
Southern17222216181981314131412188
Nurses' VisitsNorthern135125112140118123914080114971191,2943,350
Southern164177180211207301701991991771631792,056
Tuberculosis Officers' VisitsNorthern161824181362123212020182483
Southern172226242628262428272726301