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Paddington 1932
[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 £1,085 from the Paddington
Borough Council during the year 1932.
A full account of this dispensary and its activities will be found in the annual reports
for 1924 and 1925.
Return Showing the Work of the Dispensary During the Year 1932.
| 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):— | 132 | ||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 16 | 24 | — | — | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 29 | 3 | 2 | |
| (b) Doubtfully tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | 16 | 42 | 8 | 10 | |||||||||
| B.—Contacts examined during the year | 64 | ||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | |
| (b) Doubtfully tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 17 | 17 | 16 | |
| C.—Cases written off the Dispensary Register as | 146 | ||||||||||||
| (a) Cured | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 5 | 3 | |
| (b) Diagnosis not confirmed or non-tuberculous (including cancellation of cases notified in error | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | 60 | 25 | 26 | |
| D.—Number or Persons on Dispensary Register on December 31st:— | 316 | ||||||||||||
| (a) Diagnosis completed | 76 | 80 | 2 | 5 | 43 | 50 | 31 | 25 | 119 | 130 | 33 | 30 | |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | |
1. Number of cases on Dispensary Register
on January 1st 312
2. Number of cases transferred from other
areas and cases returned after discharge
under Head 3 in previous years 17
3. Number of cases transferred to other areas,
cases not desiring further assistance under
the scheme, and cases "lost sight of" 44
4. Cases written off during the year as Dead
(all causes) 19
5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary
(including Contacts) 3,804
6. Number of Insured Persons under
Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st
December 3
7. Number of consultations with medical
practitioners:—
(a) Personal —
(b) Other 17
8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers
to homes (including personal consultations)
287
9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health
Visitors to Homos for Dispensary purposes
2,363
10. Number of
(а) Specimens of sputum, etc., examined 109
(b) X-ray examinations made in connection
with Dispensary work 108
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 72