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Islington 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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[1931
(A) RETURN SHOWING THE WORK OF THE SOUTH ISLINGTON TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY Dl RING THE YEAR 1931.
| 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 | 47 | 44 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 52 | 51 | 7 | 12 | 122 |
| — | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 4 | |
| (c) Non.tuberculous | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 77 | 45 | 35 | 24 | 181 |
| B.— Contacts examined during the year:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 14 | 15 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 40 | |
| *(A) Diagnosis not completed | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 44 | 75 | 66 | 52 | 237 | |
| C.— Cases writteu oft the Dispensary Register as:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | 2 | 9 | — | 1 | _ | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 25 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 121 | 122 | 101 | 77 | 421 | |
| D.— Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on Decern ber 31st:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 280 | 234 | 18 | 36 | 34 | 42 | 33 | 35 | 314 | 276 | 51 | 71 | 712 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| 1. Number of cases or Dispensary Register on January 1st | 764 | 8 Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to homes (including personal consultations) | 174 | ||||||||||
| 2. Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years | 38 | 9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to homes for Dispensary purposes | 3,482 | ||||||||||
| 3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiting further assistance under the scheme, and cases "lost sight of " | 120 | ||||||||||||
| 10. Number of (a) Specimens of sputum, &c., examined | 662 | ||||||||||||
| 4. Cases written off during the year as dead (all causes) | 104 | (6) X.Ray examinations made in connection with Dispensary work | 127 | ||||||||||
| 5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts) | 5,001 | 11. Number of "Recovered" cases restored to Dispensary Register, and included in A(a) and A(b) above .. . ■ • • ■ ■ | Nil | ||||||||||
| 6. Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st December | 231 | ||||||||||||
| 7. Number of consultations with | 12. Number of "T.B. plus" cases on Dispensary Register on the 31st December | 305 | |||||||||||
| (a) Personal | — | ||||||||||||
| (b) Other | 148 | ||||||||||||
G. CLARK TROTTER,
Chief Tuberculosis Officer.
During the year 1,250 persons were examined by the Tuberculosis Officers,
and the patients made 8,154 attendances.
At the Northern Dispensary there were 641 new cases, and at the Southern
609, while the attendances at the former were 3,153 and at the latter 5,001. 1 he
examination of contacts with tuberculous cases showed that 48 were suffering from