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Lambeth Municipal Tuberculosis Dispensaries Scheme.
(Inaugurated, by the Council, October 3rd, 1912.)
Ministry of Health Table—FORM T. 145—(Continued).
Return (Prepared by the Tuberculosis Officer) of the Work carried out in
connexion with the Branch Dispensary for the Year 1937.
N.B.—The Branch Dispensary (St. Thomas's Hospital) was opened February 3rd, 1913.
BRANCH DISPENSARY (St. Thomas's Hospital).
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
52
34
-
-
8
3
4
1
60
37
4
1
347
(b) Diagnosis not completed
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
11
13
2
2
(c) Non-tuberculous
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
91
90
19
17
B.—Contacts examined during the
year:—
(a) Definitely tuberculous
1
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
2
-
-
258
(b) Diagnosis not completed
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
3
3
1
(c) Non-tuberculous
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
—
75
96
37
39
C.—Cases written off the Dispensary
Register as:-
(a) Recovered
5
2
-
-
-
4
1
2
5
6
1
2
483
(b) Non-tuberculous (including
any such cases previously
diagnosed and entered in
the Dispensary Register as
Tuberculous)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
168
187
57
57
D.—Number ot Cases on Dispensary
Register on December 31st, 1937:
(a) Definitely tuberculous
226
137
4
8
14
11
16
14
240
148
20
22
482
(b) Diagnosis not completed
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
23
19
8
2
1. Number of cases on Dispensary
Register on January 1st, 1937 517
2. Number of cases transferred from
other areas and cases returned
after discharge under Head 3 in
previous year 7
3. Number of cases transferred to
other areas, cases not desiring
further assistance under the
scheme, and cases "lost sight
of" 62
4. Cases written off during the year
as dead (all causes) 102
5. Number of attendances at the
Dispensary (including Contacts) 2,266
6. Number of Insured Persons under
Domiciliary Treatment on
December 31st 151
7. Number of consultations with
medical practitioners:—
(a) Personal 16
(b) Other 796
8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis
Officers to Homes (including
personal consultations) 201
9. Number of visits by Nurses or
Health Visitors to Homes for
Dispensary purposes 1,801
10. Number of—
(a) Specimens of Sputum, etc.,
examined 660
(b) X-Ray Examinations made
in connexion with Dispensary
work 684
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 239