[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough] page 91

Poplar 1935

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

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Table: Return for the year1935.1. Return showing the work of the Dispensary.

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Return for the year1935.

1. Return showing the work of the Dispensary.

Diagnosis.	Pulmonary.						Non-Pulmonary.				Total.
	Adults.		Children. !				Adults.		Children.		Adults.		Children.			Grand Total
	M.	F.	M.		F.		M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.		F.	Grand Total
A.-New Cases examined during the year (excluding Contacts):-																	532
(a) Definitely Tuberculous	68	55	3		2		4	5	8	5	72	60	11		7	150
(b) Diagnosis not completed	-	-	-		-		-	-	-	-	7	7	3		6	26
(c) Non-Tuberculous	-	-	-		-		-	-	-	-	97	126	77		59	359
B.-Contacts examined during the year:-																	551
(a) Definitely Tuberculous	1	10	-		-		-	-	1	2	1	10	1		2	14
(6) Diagnosis not completed	-	-	-		-		-	-	-	-	1	2	1		-	4
(c) Non-Tuberculous	-	-	-		-		-	-	-	-	112	141	130		150	533
C.-Cases written off the Dispensary Register as:-																	983
(a) Recovered	12	14	7		5		5	5	15	8	17	19	22		13	71
(b) Non-Tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as Tuberculous)	-	-	-		-		-	-	-	-	215	276	210		211	912
D.-Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on																	804
(a) Definitely Tuberculous	282	253	16		34		35	44	60	53	317	297	76		87	777
(b) Diagnosis not completed	-	-	-		-		-	-	-	-	8	9	4		6	27
1. Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st, 1935				862		2. Number of Cases transferred from other areas, and Cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years										29
3. Number of Cases transferred to other areas, Cases not desiring further assistance under the scheme, and Cases "lost sight of"				88		4. Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes)										99
5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts)				6,094		6. Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on December 31st										266
7. Number of Consultations with Medical Practitioners:-						8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to homes (including personal Consultations)										604
(a) Personal				31
(b) Other				267
9. Number of visits by Health Visitors to homes				6,564		10. Number of:-
						(a) Specimens of Sputum, etc., examined								P.H.		240
						(a) Specimens of Sputum, etc., examined								Dispensary		845
						(b) X-RAY examinations made								Screen		24
						(b) X-RAY examinations made								Films		253
11. Number of "Recovered" Cases restored to Dispensary Register, and included in A (a) and A (b) above				4		12. Number of "T.B. plus" Cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st										435