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Islington 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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42
1931]
TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARIES.
Dr. W. E. Snell was appointed by the Royal Northern Hospital Committee to
succeed Dr. H. F. Comyn, who resigned in the year 1929. A summary of the
work of the Islington Tuberculosis Dispensaries is given below.
TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARIES.
RETURN SHOWING THE WORK OF THE NORTH ISLINGTON TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY DURING THE YEAR 1931.
| Diagnosis. | Pclmonary. | Non-pclmonary. | 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 | 94 | 77 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 100 | 86 | 20 | 14 | 220 |
| — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 | |
| - | - | - | - | — | — | — | — | 65 | 65 | 6 | 10 | 146 | |
| B.— Contacts examined during the year:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous .. | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 32 | 68 | 55 | 62 | 217 |
| C.— Cases written oft the Dispensary Register as | |||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | — | - | — | — | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| 97 | 133 | 61 | 72 | 363 | |||||||||
| D.— Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on Dec- | |||||||||||||
| 317 | 261 | 11 | 10 | 29 | 43 | 45 | 27 | 346 | 304 | 56 | 37 | 743 | |
| (6) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 |
| 1. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st | 720 | 8 Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to homes (including personal consultations) | 147 | ||||||||||
| 2. Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years .. | 23 | 9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to homes for Dispensary purposes | 2373 | ||||||||||
| 3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assistance under the scheme and cases "lost sight of" | 160 | 10. Number of (a) Specimens of sputum, &c., | |||||||||||
| 4. Cases written off during the year as dead (all causes) | 73 | 218 | |||||||||||
| 5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including contacts) | 3,153 | ||||||||||||
| 6. Number of Insured persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st December | LI. Number of "Recovered" cases restored to Dispensary Register, and included in A(a) and A(b) | ||||||||||||
| 7. Number of consultations with medical practitioners:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Personal | 14 | 12. Number of "T.B. plus" cases on Dispensary Register on the 31st December | 369 | ||||||||||
| 284 | |||||||||||||
| (c) Hospital staff | 98 | ||||||||||||
G. CLARK TROTTER,
Chief Tuberculosis Officer.