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Islington 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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Islington Chest Clinic, Whittington Hospital
St. Pancras Chest Clinic, Margaret Street, St. Marylebone
Mass X/Ray Unit of the North-West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board,
32 Drayton Park, N.5
The Borough is well and conveniently served by the above centres to which
patients may be referred, or where persons may attend for examination.
Cases on Chest Clinic Registers
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults | Children | Adults | Children | Adults | Children | |||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Number of definite cases of tuberculosis on Chest Clinic Register as at 31st December, 1964 | ||||||||||||
| Islington C.C. | 1062 | 685 | 51 | 53 | 56 | 83 | 3 | 14 | 1118 | 768 | 54 | 67 |
| St. Pancras C. C. | 121 | 50 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | - | - | 128 | 58 | 8 | 6 |
| 1183 | 735 | 59 | 59 | 63 | 91 | 3 | 14 | 1246 | 826 | 62 | 73 | |
| Grand Total | 2,207 | |||||||||||
Tuberculosis Care Committee
The London County Council is responsible for care and after care work under Section
28 of the National Health Service Act, 1946, but the Islington Tuberculosis Care
Committee remains in being, working in conjunction with the Islington Chest Clinic, and
Members of the Borough Council and the Medical Officer of Health serve on this Committee.
The Tuberculosis Care Committee is able to assist patients in many ways, including the
provision of extra nourishment, while loans of beds, bedding and medical appliances were
made to 10 patients from the L.C. C. loan stock, others were referred to various
organisations for assistance.
The Care Committee administers an occupational therapy service with occupational
therapists employed by the L. C. C. The following figures show the service being provided
in a typical week:
No. of sessions of instructions in homes during a week 14
No. of patients receiving instruction at home 35