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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
Hampstead 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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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):— | |||||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 17 | 19 | — | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 45 | ||
| (b) Doubtfully tuberculous | - | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 4 | ||
| (c) Non-tuberculous | - | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | 36 | 12 | 10 | 77 | ||
| 13.—Contacts examined during the year:— | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 3 | |||
| (6) Doubtfully tuberculous | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | ||
| (c) Non-tuberculous | - | - | - | — | - | — | — | — | 14 | 33 | 20 | 18 | 85 | ||
| C.—Cases written off the Dispensary Register | |||||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 33 | 70 | 35 | 29 | 167 | |||
| D.—Number of Persons on Dispensary Register on December 31st:— | |||||||||||||||
| 72 | 84 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 79 | 102 | 28 | 22 | 231 | |||
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | 7 | ||
| Number of persons on Dispensary Register on January 1st | 181 | Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officer to Homes (including per-sonal consultations) | 16 |
| Number of patients transferred from other areas and of "lost sight of " cases returned | 75 | Number of:— | |
| Number of patients transferred to other areas and cases "lost sight of" | 51 | (a) Specimens of sputum, &c., examined | 83 |
| (b) X-ray examinations made in connection with Dispensary work | 79 | ||
| Died during the year | 16 | Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st December | 24 |
| Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts) | 1029 | Number of "Recovered" cases restored to Dispensary Register, and included—in A (a) and A (b) above | - |
| Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to Homes for Dis-pensary purposes | 1043 | Number of "T.B. plus" cases on Dispensary Register on Decem-ber 31st | 104 |
| Number of consultations with medical practitioners:— | |||
| 6 | |||
| 82 | |||