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Paddington 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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St. Mary's Hospital Tuberculosis Dispensary.
This dispensary is voluntary and was subsidised by a grant of £1,070 from the Paddington
Borough Council for the year 1926.
A full account of this dispensary and its activities will be found in the annual reports for 1924
and 1925.
There was nothing in the dispensary arrangements during the year calling for special notice
except that arrangements were made available for the ultra-violet irradiation of certain patients
in the Light Department of the hospital.
St. Mary's Hospital Tuberculosis Dispensary.
Return Showing the Work of the Dispensary During the Year 1926.
| Diagnosis. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | 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 | 24 | 16 | 1 | — | 6 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 22 | 8 | 10 | ||
| (b) Doubtfully tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 29 | 6 | 2 | ||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 9 | 10 | 9 | |||
| B.—Contacts examined during the year:— | ||||||||||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 2 | — | — | 6 | 2 | |||
| (b) Doubtfully tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | 1 | ||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 38 | 27 | 7 | 28 | |||
| C.—Cases written off the Dispensary Register as | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 59 | 88 | 29 | 42 | |||
| D.—Number of Persons on Dispensary Register on December 31st | ||||||||||||||
| (a) Diagnosis completed | 52 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 39 | 49 | 32 | 91 | 74 | 52 | 33 | ||
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 1. Number of persons on Dispensary Register on January 1st | 251 | 9. Number of patients to whom Dental Treatment was given, at or in connection with the Dispensary | 7 | |||||||||||
| 2. Number of patients transferred from other areas and of "lost sight of" cases returned | 27 | 10. Number of consultations with medical practitioners:— | ||||||||||||
| (a) At Homes of Applicants | 11 | |||||||||||||
| (b) Otherwise | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 3. Number of patients transferred to other areas and cases "lost sight of " | 38 | 11. Number of other visits by Tuberculosis Officers to Homes | 250 | |||||||||||
| 4. Died during the year | 19 | 12. Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to Homes for Dispensary purposes | 1,612 | |||||||||||
| 5. Number of observation cases under A (b) and B (b) above in which period of observation exceeded 2 months | 14 | |||||||||||||
| 13. Number of | ||||||||||||||
| (a) Specimens of sputum, &c., examined | 128 | |||||||||||||
| 45 | ||||||||||||||
| 6. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts) | 5,130 | |||||||||||||
| 14. Number of Insured Persons on Dispensary Register on the 31st December | 180 | |||||||||||||
| 7. Number of non-pulmonary cases attending at Orthopaedic Out-stations for treatment or supervision | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 15. Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st December | ||||||||||||||
| 8. Number of attendances, at General Hospitals or other Institutions approved for the purpose, of patients for | 7 | |||||||||||||
| 16. Number of reports received during the year in respect of Insured Persons :— | ||||||||||||||
| (a) "Light" treatment | 15 | |||||||||||||
| 87 | (a) Form G.P. 17 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| (b) Form G.P. 36 | 14 | |||||||||||||