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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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Tuberculosis Scheme of the Hampstead Metropolitan Borough Council.
| 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):— | |||||||||||||||
| 22 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | 24 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 52 | |||
| (b) Doubtfully tuberculous | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 5 | – | – | 9 | ||
| (c) Non-tuberculous | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 40 | 79 | 10 | 24 | 153 | ||
| B.— Contacts examined during the year :— | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | ] | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 4 | |||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | |||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 54 | 34 | 28 | 126 | |||
| C.— Cases written off the Dispensary Register as :— | |||||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 20 | ||
| (b) Diagnosis not confirmed or non-tuberculous (including cancellation of cases notified in error) ... | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 138 | 45 | 54 | 287 | ||
| D.— Number of Persons on Dispensary Register on Dscember 31st:— | |||||||||||||||
| 94 | 91 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 103 | 103 | 9 | 3 | 218 | |||
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 7 | – | 1 | 14 | ||
| Number of persons on Dispensary Register on January 1st | 247 | Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officer to Homes (including personal consultations) | 162 | ||||||||||||
| Number of patients transferred from other areas and of "lost sight of "cases returned | 23 | ||||||||||||||
| Number of:— | |||||||||||||||
| Number of patients transferred to other areas and cases "lost sight of" | 67 | (a) Specimens of sputum, Ac., examined | 160 | ||||||||||||
| 264 | |||||||||||||||
| Died during the year | 13 | Number of ineured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st December | 17 | ||||||||||||
| Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts) | 1549 | ||||||||||||||
| Number of visits by Nurses or Health] Visitors to Homes for Dispensary purposes | 1034 | Number of "Recovered" cases restored to Dispensary Register, and included—in A (a) and A (b) above | – | ||||||||||||
| Number of consultations with medical practitioners:— | Number of " T.B. plus " cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st | 118 | |||||||||||||
| (a) Personal | 83 | ||||||||||||||
| (b) Other | 268 | ||||||||||||||