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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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Typhoid: There was one notification during the year.
Provision of Insulin: By virtue of Section 227of the Public Health (London)
Act, 1936, the borough continued to bear the cost of treatment of diabetes
in the case of necessitous persons. 5 persons received assistance during
the year at a cost to the Council of £28. 6s. 3d.
Tuberculosis: The total number of now cases of tuberculosis, both pulmonary
and non-pulmonary, ontered in the Register in 1946 was 89. The age period
details were as follows:
0- 1- 5- 10- 15- 20- 25- 35- 45- 55- 65- all
ages.
Males Pulmonary - 4 - 2 2 1 5 5 7 9 3 38
Females Pulmonary - 2 1 1 4 6 8 6 4 1 1 34
Males Non-pulmonary - 1 - 3 2 1 2 1 - - - 10
Females Non-pulmonary - 3 1 1 - - 1 - - 1 - 7
Total - 10 2 7 8 8 16 12 11 11 4 89
The number of cases removed from the Register during the year was 91 and those remaining on the Register of Notifications at the 31st December, 1946, were as follows:
| nm | Males | Females | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | 234 | 156 | 390 |
| Non-pulmonary | 50 | 46 | 96 |
| 284 | 202 | 486 |
The following is a summary of the Tuberculosis Dispensary work in 1946:- Number of cases on Dispensary Register –
| Pulmonary | 342 |
| Non-pulmonary | 67 |
| Total | 409 |
| Sputum positive Cases | 188 |
| Sputum Negative Cases | 154 |
| Cases notified from services | 5 |
New Cases examined (other than contacts).
| Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary. | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (a) Definitely Tuberculous | 59 | 11 | 70 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | 9 | – | 9 |
| (c) Non-Tuborculous | 217 | – | 217 |
| 296 |