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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
Paddington 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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| 1. Number of eases on Dispensary Register on January 1st | 719 | 2. Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years | 18 |
| 3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assistance under the scheme, and cases "lost sight of" | 171 | 4. Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes) | 29 |
| 5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts) | 4,717 | 6. Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st December | 140 |
| 7. Number of consultations with medical practitioners:— (a) Personal (b) Other | 62 200 | 8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to homes (including personal consultations) | 272 |
| 9. Numbor of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to Homes for Dispensary purposes | 3,385 | 10. Number of (à) Specimens of sputum, etc., examined (a) X-ray examinations made in connection with Dispensary work | 260 162 |
| 11. Number of "Recovered" cases restored to Dispensary Register and included in A (a) and A (b) abovo | - | 12. Number of "T.B. plus" cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st | 170 |
St. Mary's Hospital Tuberculosis Dispensary.
This dispensary is voluntary and was subsidised by a grant of £1,095 from the Paddington
Borough Council during the year 1935.
A full account of this Dispensary and its activities will be found in the annual reports for 1924
and 1925, the only subsequent change being the transference of the Dispensary in April, 1933, from
the old building to the newly-erected extension of the Hospital.
During 1935, 124 refills were done in Artificial Pneumothorax cases, as against 98 in the
previous year.
Return Showing the Work of the Dispensary During the Year 1935.
| 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):— | 108 | ||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 20 | 18 | 2 | 2 | — | 5 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 3 | |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | |
| (c)Non-tuberculous | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 24 | 6 | 8 | |
| B.—Contacts examined during the year:— | 50 | ||||||||||||
| (a)Definitely tuberculous | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | |
| (b)Diagnosis not completed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| (c)Non-tuberculous | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 17 | 16 | 10 | |
| C.—Cases written off the Dispensary Register as | 105 | ||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | — | — | _ | — | — | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 4 | 2 | |
| (b)Non-tnberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | 41 | 22 | 18 | |
| D.—Nombeb of Persons on Dispensary Register on December 31st:— | 237 | ||||||||||||
| (a)Definitely tuberculous | 66 | 60 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 33 | 19 | 23 | 83 | 93 | 28 | 29 | |
| (b)Diagnosis not completed | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | |