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Islington 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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43 [1935
RETURN SHOWING THE WORK OF THE SOUTH ISLINGTON TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY FOR THE YEAR 1935.
| 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 | 38 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 49 | 42 | 11 | 7 | 109 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 6 | |
| 67 | 48 | 23 | 20 | 158 | |||||||||
| B.—Contacts txamined during the year : — | |||||||||||||
| 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 3 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 23 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | 31 | 61 | 39 | 39 | 170 | ||||||||
| C.—Cases written off tne Dispensary Register as :— | |||||||||||||
| 14 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 39 | |
| 101 | 110 | 63 | 60 | 334 | |||||||||
| D.—Number of Cases on Dis pensary Register on Decern ber 31st:— | |||||||||||||
| 267 | 185 | 24 | 21 | 30 | 26 | 24 | 26 | 297 | 211 | 48 | 47 | 603 | |
| (6) Diagnosis not completed . | — | — | - | — | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 7 | |||
1. Number of cases or Dispensary Kegister on January 1st
637
8 Number of visits by Tuberculosis Office.-s to homes (including personal consultations) ..
190
| 2. Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years | 60 | ||
| 9 Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to homes for Dispensary purposes. Hospital Sister | 1,997 | ||
| 3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assistance under the scheme, and cases "lost sight of " | 115 | ||
| Municipal Tuberculosis Visiting Nurse | 1,412 | ||
| 10. Number of (a) Specimens of sputum, &c., examined | 523 | ||
| 4. Cases written off during the year as dead (all causes) | 66 | ||
| (i) X-Ray examinations made in connection with Dispensary work | 193 | ||
| 5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts) .. | 4,166 | ||
| 6. Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st December | 188 | 11. Number of "Recovered" cases restored to Dispensary Register, and included in A(a) and A(i) above | 1 |
| 7. Number of consultations with medical practitioners :— (a) Personal | 8 | ||
| 12. Number of "T.B. plus" cases on Dispensary Register on the 31st December | 330 | ||
| (4) Other | 137 | ||
| Number of Dispensaries for the treatment of Tuberculosis (excluding centres used only for special forms of treatment) provided by the Council—One in the Southern part of the Borough G. CLARK TROTTER, Qb'Pf Tuberculosis Officer. | |||