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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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St. Mary's Hospital Tuberculosis Dispensary.
This dispensary is voluntary, and was subsidised by a grant of £1,110 from the Paddington
Borough Council during the year 1937.
| Diagnosis. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Total. | Grand Total. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | ||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | M | F | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| A.—New Cases examined during the year (excluding contacts):— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 15 | 10 | 1 | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | 18 | 13 | 1 | — | 106 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 28 | 28 | 6 | 3 | ||
| B.—Contacts examined during the year:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 33 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| (e) Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 12 | 6 | 9 | |
| c.—Cases written off the Dispensary | |||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 116 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 35 | 46 | 12 | 17 | |||
| D.—Numeer of Persons on Dispensarv Register on 31st December | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 53 | 59 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 26 | 17 | 12 | 56 | 85 | 23 | 16 | 189 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st | 220 | 2. Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years | 9 | ||||||||||
| 3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assistance under the scheme, and cases " lost sight of " | 47 | 4. Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes) | 16 | ||||||||||
| 5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts) | 1,850 | 6. Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st December | 10 | ||||||||||
| 7. Number of cosultations with medical practitioners:- | 8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to homes (including personal consultations) | 110 | |||||||||||
| (a) Personal | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 75 | |||||||||||||
| 9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to Homes for Dispensary purposes | 1,921 | 10. Number of | |||||||||||
| (a) Specimens of sputum, etc., examined | 97 | ||||||||||||
| (b) X-ray examinations made in connection with Dispensary work | 118 | ||||||||||||
| 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 | 77 | ||||||||||