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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Islington 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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1937
| 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 | 51 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 56 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 99 | ||
| 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| (c) Non-tuberculous | 97 | 99 | 31 | 26 | 253 | |||||||||
| B.—Contacts examined during the year:— | ||||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 22 | ||||
| (c) Non-tuberculous | 35 | 69 | 47 | 48 | 199 | |||||||||
| C.—Cases written oft the Dispensary Register as :— | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 15 | |||
| (b) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary | ||||||||||||||
| Register as tuberculous) | 133 | 172 | 78 | 76 | 459 | |||||||||
| D.—Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on Dec- | ||||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 252 | 183 | 18 | 15 | 23 | 26 | 30 | 18 | 275 | 209 | 48 | 33 | 565 | |
| (6) Diagnosis not completed | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 1. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st | 562 | 2. Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years | 61 | |||||||||||
| 3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assistance under the tuberculosis scheme, and cases " lost sight of " | 102 | |||||||||||||
| 4. Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes) | 55 | |||||||||||||
| 6. Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st December | 155 | |||||||||||||
| 5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts) | 4,621 | |||||||||||||
| 7. Number of consultations with medical practitioners :— | 16 227 | 8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to homes (including personal consultations) | 247 | |||||||||||
| 10. Number of :— (a) Specimens of sputum, etc., examined | 579 291 | |||||||||||||
| 9. Number of visits by Dispensary Nurses to homes for Dispensary purposes Municipal Tuberculosis Visiting Nurse | 1,992 1,511 | |||||||||||||
| 11. Number of " Recovered " cases restored to Dispensary Register, and included in A(a) and A(6) above | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 12. Number of " T.B. Plus " cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st | 298 | |||||||||||||