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Islington 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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1938] 102
Return showing the Work of the South Islington Tuberculosis Dispensary for the Year 1938.
| 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 | 57 | 39 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 61 | 43 | 7 | 6 | 117 | |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 94 | 80 | 14 | 15 | 203 | |
| B.—Contacts examined during the year:— | ||||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 8 | 5 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 8 | 6 | — | 1 | 15 | |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | —. | — | — | — | — | -— | — | — | |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 48 | 72 | 41 | 37 | 198 | |
| C.—Cases written of the Dispensary Register as:— | ||||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | 6 | 10 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | 8 | 11 | 5 | — | 24 | |
| (b) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 143 | 155 | 55 | 52 | 405 | |
| D.—Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st:— | ||||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 251 | 189 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 27 | 20 | 21 | 270 | 216 | 35 | 38 | 559 | |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |
| 1. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st | 569 | 2. Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years | 57 | |||||||||||
| 3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assistance under the tuberculosis scheme, and cases "lost sight of" | 113 | |||||||||||||
| 4. Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes) | 58 | |||||||||||||
| 6. Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st December | 165 | |||||||||||||
| 5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts) | 4,643 | |||||||||||||
| 7. Number of consultations with medical practitioners:— | 8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to homes (including personal consultations) | 192 | ||||||||||||
| (a) Personal | 11 | |||||||||||||
| (b) Other | 204 | |||||||||||||
| 10. Number of:— | ||||||||||||||
| 9. Number of visits by Dispensary Nurses to homes for Dispensary purposes | 1,973 | |||||||||||||
| (a) Specimens of sputum, etc., examined | 554 | |||||||||||||
| Municipal Tuberculosis Visiting Nurse | 1,384 | (b) X-ray examinations made in connection with Dispensary work | 315 | |||||||||||
| 11. Number of "Recovered" cases restored to Dispensary Register, and included in A(a) and A (b) above | - | |||||||||||||
| 12. Number of "T.B. Plus" cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st | 308 | |||||||||||||