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Islington 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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[1932
RETURN SHOWING THE WORK OF THE SOUTH ISLINGTON TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY FOR THE YEAR 1932.
| 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 | 61 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 71 | 45 | 13 | 11 | 140 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | _ | — | — | _ | 1 | 1 | _ | 1 | 3 | |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | —- | — | — | — | — | 60 | 64 | 21 | 41 | 186 |
| B.—Contacts examined during the year:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 14 | 15 | 4 | 1 | — | — | _ | 3 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 37 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | _ | _ | — | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 1 |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 32 | 69 | 63 | 45 | 209 |
| C.—Cases written oft the Dispensary Register as:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | 4 | 9 | 2 | — | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 32 |
| (b) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 93 | 135 | 86 | 88 | 402 |
| D.—Number of Cases on Dis-pensary Register on Decern ber 31st:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 277 | 217 | 24 | 29 | 38 | 38 | 35 | 36 | 315 | 255 | 59 | 65 | 694 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 |
1. Number of cases on Dispensary
Register on January 1st 721
2. Number of cases transferred from
other areas and cases returned
after discharge under Head 3 in
previous years 40
3. Number of cases transferred to
other areas, cases not desiring
further assistance under the
scheme, and cases "lost sight
of" 130
4. Cases written off during the year
as dead (all causes) 75
Number of attendances at the Dispensary
(including Contacts) 4,566
6. Number of Insured Persons under
Domiciliary Treatment on the
31st December 179
7. Number of consultations with
medical practitioners:—
(a) Personal 5
(b) Other 148
8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis
Officers to homes (including
personal consultations) 149
9. Number of visits by Nurses or
Health Visitors to homes for
Dispensary purposes 3,601
10. Number of
(a) Specimens of sputum, &c.,
examined 622
(b) X-Ray examinations made in
connection with Dispensary
work 135
11. Number of "Recovered" cases
restored to Dispensary Register,
and included in A(a) and A(b)
above 1
12. Number of "T.B. plus" cases
on Dispensary Register on the
31st December 312
G. CLARK TROTTER,
Chief Tuberculosis Officer.
During the year 1,169 persons were examined by the Tuberculosis Officers,
and the patients made 7,586 attendances.
At the Northern Dispensary there were 601 new cases, and at the Southern
568, while the attendances at the former were 3,041 and at the latter 4,545. The
examination of contacts with tuberculous cases showed that 33 were suffering from