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Paddington 1938
[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 £1,120 from the Paddington
Borough Council during the financial year 1938/9.
Return Showing the Work of the Dispensary during the Year 1938.
| 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):— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 27 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 137 |
| (6) Diagnosis not completed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | 37 | 9 | 3 | |
| B.—Contacts examined during the year:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 48 |
| (6) Diagnosis not completed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 16 | 13 | 14 | |
| C.—Cases written off the Dispensary Register as:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 126 |
| (6) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | 53 | 22 | 17 | |
| D.—Number of Persons on Dispensary Register on 31st December:- | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 66 | 60 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 10 | 13 | 78 | 88 | 16 | 19 | 201 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
1. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on
January 1st 189
2. Number of cases transferred from other
areas and cases returned after discharge
under Head 3 in previous years 14
3. Number of cases transferred to other areas,
cases not desiring further assistance under
the scheme, and cases "lost sight of" 52
4. Cases written off during the year as Dead
(all causes) 9
5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary
(including Contacts) 2,153
6. Number of Insured Persons under
Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st
December 14
7. Number of consultations with medical
practitioners:—
(а) Personal 8
(b) Other 84
8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers
to homes (including personal consultations)
111
9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health
Visitors to Homes for Dispensary purposes
1,769
10. Number of
(а) Specimens of sputum, etc., examined 93
(b) X-ray examinations made in connection
with Dispensary work 144
11. Number of "Recovered" cases restored
to Dispensary Register and included in
A (a) and A (6) above -
12. Number of "T.B. plus" cases on Dispensary
Register on December 31st 81