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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
St Pancras 1943
Annual report (abridged) on the Health of the Borough for the year 1943
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TUBERCULOSIS
Tuberculosis Dispensary
Number of definite cases of tuberculosis on the Dispensary Registers at the end of the year:-
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulraonary | Totals | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults | Children | Adults | Children | Adults | Children | ||||||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||||||
| 384 | 227 | 29 | 16 | 36 | 29 | 28 | 18 | 420 | 256 | 57 | 34 | ||||||
| Total attendances | 3,695 | Visits by | Tuberculosis Visitors | 2,896 | |||||||||||||
| X-ray Examinations | 764 | Sputum Examinations | 552 | ||||||||||||||
| A.P. Refills | 1,881 | Admissions to Institutions | 303 | ||||||||||||||
| NEW CASES | DEATHS | ||||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | ||||||||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||||||||||
| Primary Notifications | 134 | 94 | 20 | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Death Reports | 13 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Transfers | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Other sources | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| AGES 0 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 5 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 4 | — | 1 | — | 1 | |||||||||
| 15 | 32 | 39 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 6 | — | 1 | |||||||||
| 25 | 31 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 5 | — | — | |||||||||
| 35 | 29 | 15 | 3 | — | 16 | 7 | — | — | |||||||||
| 45 | 20 | 8 | — | 1 | 13 | 7 | — | — | |||||||||
| 55 | 28 | 1 | — | — | 15 | 2 | 2 | — | |||||||||
| 65 and upwards | 11 | 2 | — | 3 | 13 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| TOTALS - | 167 | 105 | 24 | 20 | 80 | 31 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
Notification Register on 31st December 1943:-
Pulmonary 834 Non-Fulmonary 148
Comparable
figures for 1942 722 126