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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 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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Table: Returning Showing the Work of the Dispensary during the year 1937 (continued).

Returning Showing the Work of the Dispensary during the year 1937 (continued).

1. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st6432. Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years29
3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assistance under the scheme, and cases " lost sight of "74
4. Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes)42
5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts)4,8846. Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st December124
7. Number of consultations with medical practitioners:—
8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to homes (including personal consultations)401
(a) Personal92
(6) Other254
9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to Homes for Dispensary purposes3,21610. Number of (à) Specimens of sputum, etc., examined (á) X-ray examinations made in connection with Dispensary work299 325
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 31st183