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Islington 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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44
1933]
RETURN SHOWING THE WORK OF THE SOUTH ISLINGTON TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY FOR THE YEAR 1933.
| 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 | 70 | 41 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 77 | 47 | 5 | 11 | 140 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 2 | 5 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 71 | 55 | 30 | 20 | 176 | |
| B.—Contacts examined during the year:— | |||||||||||||
| 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | 39 | 35 | 33 | 131 |
| C.—Cases written off the Dispensary Register as:— | |||||||||||||
| 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 33 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 97 | 96 | 65 | 54 | 312 | |
| D.—Number of Cases on Dis pensary Register on Decern ber 31st:— | |||||||||||||
| 272 | 199 | 25 | 23 | 35 | 31 | 20 | 34 | 307 | 230 | 45 | 57 | 639 | |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 2 | 2 | 7 |
RETURN SHOWING THE WORK OF THE SOUTH ISLINGTON TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY FOR THE YEAR 1933.
| 1. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st | 698 | 8 Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to homes (including personal consultations) | 214 |
| 2. Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years | 62 | 9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to homes for Dispensary purposes | 3,634 |
| 3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assistance under the scheme, and cases "lost sight of " | 142 | 10. Number of | |
| 4. Cases written off during the year as dead (all causes) | 101 | (a) Specimens of sputum, &c., examined | 533 |
| 5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts) | 4,185 | 124 | |
| 6. Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st December | 183 | 11. Number of "Recovered" cases restored to Dispensary Register, and included in A(a) and A(b) above | - |
| 7. Number of consultations with medical practitioners:— | |||
| 7 | 12. Number of "T.B. plus" cases on Dispensary Register on the 31st December | 310 | |
| (b) Other | 188 |
Number of Dispensaries for the treatment of Tuberculosis (excluding centres used only for special
form of treatment) provided by the Council—One in South Islington.
G. CLARK TROTTER,
Chief Tuberculosis Officer.
During the year 1,137 persons were examined by the Tuberculosis Officers,
and the patients made 7,517 attendances.