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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

Finsbury 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]

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Table: Below will be found a summary of the work of the Tuberculosis Dispensary in 1938 :— New Cases Examined. Cases other than Contacts.

Below will be found a summary of the work of the Tuberculosis Dispensary in 1938 :— New Cases Examined. Cases other than Contacts.

Pulmonary.NonPulmonary.Total
(a) Definitely Tuberculous752095
(b) Diagnosis not completed14
(c) Non-Tuberculous91

Table: Contacts.

Contacts.

(a) Definitely Tuberculous505
(b) Diagnosis not completed0
(c) Non-Tuberculous63

Table: Cases Written off.

Cases Written off.

(a) Recovered8311
(b) Non-Tuberculous164

Table: Cases on Register at End of Year.

Cases on Register at End of Year.

Cases on Register at End of Year.
(a) Definitely Tuberculous31779396
(b) Diagnosis not completed19

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Attendances at Dispensary 1,348 Specimens of sputum
Consultation with Doctors 238 amined 155
Visits made by Nurse 1,609
No. of X-ray examinations 319 No. of " T.B. plus " cases on
Home Visits by Tuberculosis Dispensary Register, 31st
Officer 37 Dec., 1937 182
From the above table it will be seen that about 200 patients
attended the dispensary for the first time and 95 were found to be
definitely tuberculous. Amongst these were twelve children, five
whom had tuberculosis of the lungs, and seven other forms of
tuberculosis.
Cases Recovered or Non-Tuberculous.
It will be noted that 11 cases were written off the Dispensary
Register as " recovered " and 164 for other reasons. This latter
number includes Contacts and New Patients examined last year.
Special features of the work undertaken in connection with the
Municipal Dispensary may be summarised as follows :—