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Tuberculosis Officer's Report for the Year 1926.
During the year sessions have been held regularly at the
Dispensary for the examination and treatment of patients at
the following times:—
Mondays, 10 a.m. Women and Children.
Tuesdays, 1.30 p.m. School Children.
Tuesdays, 6 p.m. Men.
Thursdays, 6 p.m. Women.
Saturdays, 10 a.m. School Children.
Special appointments are held daily to suit the convenience
of those who cannot attend at the stated hours and
in cases where the consultation is likely to be a lengthy one.
The notification of fresh cases of Tuberculosis in the
Borough during the year numbered 278, an increase of 13
as compared with 1925. At the end of 1925 there were 1,302
persons living in the Borough whose names were entered in
the Medical Officer of Health's register as suffering with the
disease. Some of these had been notified many years before
and had been well and free from symptoms for years subsequent
to notification.
It has been the practice to remove from the register the
names of persons who were found to be showing no evidence
of the disease, had been free from symptoms for a long period
and who expressed a wish that that should be done. Such
procedure had been carried out in a limited number of cases
but until the end of 1924 there was no official sanction for it.
At the end of that year the Ministry of Health signified that
"denotification" was desirable under certain provisos which
the Minister laid down. By this means the record of the
prevalence of the disease in the Borough has been brought up
to date.
Tuberculosis Dispensary.
The record of the year's work of the Dispensary is as
follows:—
On 1st January, 1926, the number of patients on the
Dispensary Register was 824.
During the year 11 definite cases of the disease were transferred
from other areas into the Hammersmith district and
66 moved out of this district or were lost sight of. Sixtyfive
were written off the register as being cured cases who had
previously been notified as suffering with tuberculosis.
New Patients.
During the year 509 persons attended for examination for
the first time. Of these 172 were under the age of fifteen and
337 were adults. Males and females attended in almost equal
numbers, viz., 252 and 257.
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