Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Return as to Work carried out in connection with the St. Mary's Hospital Tuberculosis Dispensary for the Year 1925. (The return relates only to persons residing in the area which is served by the Dispensary.)
Number of | Under observation at the Dispensary on Jan. 1st pending diagnosis. | Examined for the first time during the year. | Total. | Found to be | Under observation at the Dispensary on Dec. 31st pending diagnosis. | Ceased attendance before completion of diagnosis. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Suffering from Tuberculosis. | Not suffering from Tuberculosis. | |||||||||
Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||||||
(a) All persons (including "Contacts") | Adults. Children under 15. | M | 1 | 73 | 74 | 22 | 5 | 46 | 1 | - |
f | 5 | 89 | 94 | 19 | 5 | 70 | - | |||
M. | 5 | 47 | 52 | 1 | 10 | 37 | 4 | - | ||
3 | 35 | 38 | - | 7 | 31 | - | - | |||
Total | 14 | 244 | 258 | 42 | 27 | 184 | 5 | - | ||
Adults. Children under 15. | m | 1 | 17 | 18 | - | - | 18 | - | - | |
(b) "Contacts" (included in (a)) | f. | 2 | 35 | 37 | 2 | - | 35 | - | - | |
M. | - | 22 | 22 | - | - | 22 | - | - | ||
F | 2 | 21 | 23 | - | 4 | 19 | - | - | ||
(c) Insured persons (included in (a) ) | M. | 1 | 57 | 58 | 19 | 4 | 34 | 1 | - | |
F | 2 | 32 | 34 | 7 | 5 | 22 | - | - |
1. Number of patients under treatment or
supervision (excluding persons under observation
or domiciliary treatment) on the 31st
December* 220
2. Total number of attendances of fInsured 2,045
patients at the Dispensary
during the year Uninsured 2,797
3. Number of persons placed during the year
under observation at the Dispensary for the
purpose of diagnosis 64
4. Number of cases in which the period of
observation at the Dispensary exceeded two
months 9
5. Number of insured patients under domiciliary
treatment on December 31st† 15
6. Number of reports received from Insurance
Practitioners in respect of insured patients
under domiciliary treatment during the
year 27
7. Number of persons referred to affiliated
hospital for consultation 103
8. Number of consultations with Insured
medical practitioners at the
homes of patients Uninsured 3
9. Number of other visits paid by Tuberculosis
Officer to the homes of patients 136
10. Number of visits paid by Nurses or Health
Visitors to the homes of patients for
dispensary purposes 1,490
11. Number of specimens of sputum examined
in connection with the work of the
Dispensary 157
* Insured persons under domiciliary treatment by Insurance practitioners are excluded, even though they may attend the
dispensary at intervals for examination or consultation. Such cases are included under Head 5.
t "All insured persons in the dispensary area who- are actually receiving domiciliary treatment from Insurance practitioners
are included, irrespective of the date upon which they were placed under domiciliary treatment and of any attendance
at the dispensary.
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912.
(Summary of Notifications on Forms A and B received during the year 1924.)
Tuberculosis of the Lungs. | Other Tuberculosis. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male. | Female. | Total. | Male. | Female. | Total. | |
Primary Notifications— | ||||||
0— 1 year | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
1— 5 years | - | - | - | 19 | 7 | 26 |
5—10 | - | 2 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 44 |
10—15 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 20 |
15—20 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
20—25 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
25—35 | 39 | 37 | 76 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
35—45 „ | 26 | 27 | 53 | 3 | - | 3 |
45—55 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 2 | - | 2 |
55—65 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 1 | - | 1 |
65 years and over | 3 | 5 | 8 | - | 1 | 1 |
Total | 118 | 117 | 235 | 74 | 48 | 122 |
Cases re-notified | 93 | 80 | 173 | 17 | 12 | 29 |
Total Notifications on Form A | 211 | 197 | 408 | 91 | 60 | 151 |
Primary Notifications by School Medical Officers— | ||||||
0— 5 years | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
5—10 | 1 | - | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
10—15 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
Cases re-notified | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Total Notifications on Form B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 3 • | 14 |