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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Chelsea 1938
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1938
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| Diagnosis. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Total. | Grand Total. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | |||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |||
| A.-New cases examined during the year (excluding contacts)— | 362 | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 28 | 31 | — | 3 | 2 | — | 29 | 34 | 2 | |||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | |||
| (c) Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 86 | 114 | 42 | 49 | ||
| B.—Contacts examined during the year :— | 126 | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | ||||||||
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | 54 | 25 | 18 | |||
| C.—Cases written off the Dispensary Register as :— | 458 | |||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | 6 | 10 | — | — | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 5 | ||
| (b) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous) | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | 114 | 175 | 69 | 67 | ||
| D.—Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st:— | 235 | |||||||||||||
| 108 | 85 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 118 | 96 | 11 | 5 | |||
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | ||
| 1. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st | 287 | 2. Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years | 34 | |||||||||||
| 3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assistance under the scheme, and cases " lost sight of" | 75 | 4. Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes) | 41 | |||||||||||
| 6. Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st December | _ | |||||||||||||
| 5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts) | 1,818 | |||||||||||||
| 8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to homes (including personal consultations) | 29 | |||||||||||||
| 7. Number of consultations with medical practitioners :— | ||||||||||||||
| (a) Personal | — | |||||||||||||
| (b) Other | 118 | |||||||||||||
| 10. Number of :— | ||||||||||||||
| 9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to homes for Dispensary purposes | 3,052 | |||||||||||||
| (a) Specimens of sputum, etc., examined | 323 Sputa | |||||||||||||
| (b) X-ray examinations made in connection with Dispensary work | 590 X-ray 55 Manto'x | |||||||||||||
| 12. Number of "T.B. plus" cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st | 120 | |||||||||||||
| B.—Number of Dispensaries for the treatment of Tuberculosis (excluding centres used only for special forms of treatment) :— | ||||||||||||||
| Provided by the Council — | ||||||||||||||
| Provided by Voluntary Bodies One | ||||||||||||||
| (Signed) W. H. L. McCARTHY, Chief Tuberculosis Officer. | ||||||||||||||