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Artificial Pneumo-thorax Treatment.
The number of dispensary patients who received artificial
Pneumo-thorax treatment during the year was 51, as compared
with 52 in 1933, and the refills given numbered 657, the cost to the
Council amounting to £344 18s. 6d.
The number of refills given at the seven hospitals attended by
these patients was as under :—
Brompton Hospital 376 Margaret Street Hospital 6
St. Thomas's Hospital 220 City of London Hospital 9
Colindale Hospital (L.C.C.) 28 Grove Park Hospital (L.C.C.) 8
St. George's Hospital 10
Examinations and Reports.
Bacteriological examinations made during the year numbered
795, 309 of the specimens examined coming from medical practitioners.
The number of positive results was 182, or 22.9 per cent.
Reports to public bodies were made to the number of 1,202.
Consultations with medical practitioners at the homes of
patients and reports made on patients sent to the Dispensary
totalled 619, while reports received in respect of insured persons
numbered 119 (Form G.P. 36—119, form G.P. 17—0).
There were 139 patients referred to hospitals, including 123
sent to St. Thomas's for X-ray examination.
Artificial Sunlight Treatment.
During the year 12 Dispensary patients received treatment
at the Council's artificial sunlight treatment centre at Southlands
(vide page 40). In 8 cases treatment was completed, the average
period of treatment being 82 days, and in 6 cases definite improvement
was reported.
The work is carried out by one of the Dispensary nurses under
the direction of the Tuberculosis Medical Officer.
Shelters.
In addition to the shelters which have for some years been
available for loan to patients for use in their gardens, in cases
in which it is considered desirable to provide separate sleeping
accommodation, the Council have provided four open-air shelters
in the grounds of Southlands adjoining the Dispensary, for the use
of patients recommended by the Tuberculosis Officer.
Dispensary Statistics.
On pages 118 to 124 will be found Form T. 145, which contains
the returns required by the Ministry of Health of the work of the
Dispensary during the year 1934, and Form T. 145a, which shows