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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
Kensington 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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Seventy-three persons died from respiratory tuberculosis
and nine from non-respiratory tuberculosis. The death rate
for respiratory tuberculosis was 68 and that for non-respiratory
8. The rate for all forms of tuberculosis was 76.
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Dispensary Service.
Nine hundred and sixty-two new patients were examined.
Of these 254 were suffering from respiratory tuberculosis, 14
from non-respiratory tuberculosis, one new case was still under
observation at the end of the year and 693 persons were diagnosed
as non-tuberculous.
The following table shows the number of oases added to and the number removed from the Dispensary Notification Register during the year:-
| Respiratory | Non-respi-ratory. | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| Cases on register of notifications on 1st Jan.1944 | 294 | 296 | 54 | 50 | 694 |
| Cases notified for first time during the year | 103 | 96 | 5 | 7 | 211 |
| Cases brought to notice other wise than by notification | 42 | 39 | 4 | 5 | 90 |
| Cases removed from the register on account of having - | |||||
| (a) Recovered from disease | 9 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 26 |
| (b) Removed from district, lost sight of, etc. | 58 | 84 | 9 | 10 | 161 |
| (c) Died | 44 | 30 | - | 4 | 78 |
| Cases remaining on register on 31st December,1944. | 328 | 308 | 52 | 42 | 730 |
Specimens of sputum examined were 750, of which
69 were found to contain tubercle bacilli; 1,341 radiological
examinations were made; and 2,054 visits were
paid to the homes of patients by the women health officers.
Three patients made 12 attendances at the dental
clinic.
Eighty-nine patients received 1,398 artificial pneumothorax
treatments.
Grants of extra nourishment were made in 27 cases;
beds and bedding were loaned to 14 patients; and the district
nurses attended 15 patients in their homes and paid a
total of 887 visits.