London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Poplar 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
This page requires JavaScript
| 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):- | ||||||||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely Tuberculous | 65 | 44 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 68 | 46 | 9 | 6 | 129 | 520 | ||||
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |||||
| (c) Non-Tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 133 | 121 | 59 | 68 | 381 | |||||
| B.-Contacts examined during the year:— | ||||||||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely Tuberculous | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | _ | 1 | _ | 1 | 2 | 1 | _ | 4 | 349 | ||||
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | _ | _ | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||||
| (c) Non-Tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 76 | 118 | 70 | 76 | 340 | |||||
| C.-Cases written off the Dispensary Register as:— | ||||||||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | 19 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 63 | 797 | ||||
| (b) Non-Tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as Tuberculous) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 215 | 245 | 129 | 145 | 734 | |||||
| D.—Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st:- | ||||||||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely Tuberculous | 248 | 207 | 13 | 25 | 32 | 33 | 44 | 34 | 280 | 240 | 57 | 59 | 636 | 651 | ||||
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | – | – | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | |||||
| 1. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st, 1938 | 716 | 2. Number of cases transferred from other areas, and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years | 45 | |||||||||||||||
| 3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assistance under the scheme, and cases "lost sight of" | 90 | 4. Cases written off during the year as Dead (ail causes) | 92 | |||||||||||||||
| 5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts) | 5,030 | 6. Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on December 31st | 234 | |||||||||||||||
| 7. Number of consultations with Medical Practitioners:— (a) Personal | 6 | 8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to homes (including personal consultations) | 552 | |||||||||||||||
| (b) Other | 299 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to homes for Dispensary purposes | 6,461 | 10. Number of:— | ||||||||||||||||
| (a) Specimens of Sputum, etc., examined | * P.H. | 210 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dispensary | 525 | |||||||||||||||||
| Screenings at Dispensary | 211 | |||||||||||||||||
| Films at St. Andrews Hosp. | 350 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11. Number of "Recovered" cases restored to Dispensary Register, and included A. (a) and A.(b) above | 2 | 12. Number of "T.B. plus" cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st | 356 | |||||||||||||||