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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
Poplar 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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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. | |||||||
| A.—New Cases examined during the year (excluding Contacts):— | 633 | |||||||||||||||||
| 70 | 57 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 73 | 05 | 6 | 7 | 151 | ||||||
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 8 | — | 1 | 15 | |||||
| (c) Non-Tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 129 | 102 | 91 | 85 | 407 | |||||
| B.—Contacts examined during the year:— | 280 | |||||||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely Tuberculous | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 5 | |||||
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |||||||||
| (c) Non-Tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 78 | 91 | 48 | 57 | 274 | |||||
| C.—Cases written off the Dispensary Register as:— | 821 | |||||||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | 9 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 45 | |||||
| (b) Non-Tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as Tuberculous) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 210 | 201 | 149 | 150 | 770 | |||||
| D.—Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on | 716 | |||||||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely Tuberculous | 201 | 225 | 14 | 29 | 30 | 43 | 47 | 45 | 297 | 208 | 01 | 74 | 700 | |||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 8 | — | 1 | 16 | ||||||
| 1. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st, 1937 | 770 | 2. Number of cases transferred from other areas, and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years | 28 | |||||||||||||||
| 3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assistance under the scheme, and cases "lost sight of" | 80 | 94 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts) | 5,321 | 6. Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on December 31st | 249 | |||||||||||||||
| Number of consultations with Medical Practitioners:- | 8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to homes (including personal | 010 | ||||||||||||||||
| 23 | ||||||||||||||||||
| (b) Other | 270 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to homes for Dispensary purposes | 7,128 | 10. Number of:— | P.H. | 312 | ||||||||||||||
| Dispensary | 616 | |||||||||||||||||
| /Screenings at Dispensary | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Films at st. Andrews Hosp. | 357 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11. Number of "Recovered" cases restored to Dispensary Register, and included in A (a) and A (b) above | 3 | 12. Number of "T.B. plus" cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st | 402 | |||||||||||||||