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 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
This page requires JavaScript
-6-
TUBERCULOSIS.
Dispensary Clinics.
From 1st Jan. to 31st Dec. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2 p.m.
Fridays, 10 a.m.
From. 29th March to 27th Sept. Mondays, 6-7 p.m. (additional)
From 1st Jan. to 6th March ) Saturdays, 2-4 p.m. (monthly)
and 2nd Oct. to 313t Dec. ) instead of Monday evenings.
Number -of new cases and contacts examined 294 - - '
(Tuberculous 97; non-tuberoulous 182; diagnosis incomplete 15)
Number of attendances at the Dispensary 2561
Number of visits to homes by Health Visitors 6016
Number of sputum "specimens examined 284
Number of X-ray examinations at StiAndrew's
Hospital 394
Additional Statistics. In addition to the 6016 visits paid by the Health Visitors for Dispensary purposes, 183 non-Dispensary visits were paid under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930.
| Reports to Chairmen of Medical Boards" | 47 |
| Patients sent away for institutional treatment | 100 |
| Patients in receipt of extra nourishment from Disponsary during the year | 56 |
| Patients in receipt of extra nourishment from Dispensary on 31st Decembor | 18 |
| Reports on child contacts to Divisional School Medical Officer | 35 |
| Letters to General Practitioners concerning patients | 334 |
| Reports to General Practitioners on official forms | 68 |
| Progress Reports received from General Practitioners | 2 ' |
| Clinioal Reports to London County Council | 97 |
| Reports to Ministry of Pensions | 2 |
| Shelters on loan during"the year | 0 |
| Shelters on loan at 31St Deoember | 0 |
| Beds and bedding on loan during "the year | 2 |
| Beds and bedding on loan at 31St December | 1 |
During the year. 11 now cases and 24 old cases havo attendod
Brompton, Colindalc, London Chest and St. Andrew's' Hospitals for
528 artificial pneumothorax refills.
During tho year 4 children wore boarded out under the London County Council Contact Scheme.
| Dental Treatment (at St. Andrew's Hospital) | |
| Number of patients referred | 3 |
| Number of attendances | 5 |
| Number of local anaesthetics | |
| Number of general anaesthetios | 3 |
Tuberculosis Allowances. The scheme for the provision of
allowances for persons giving up work to undergo treatment of
pulmonary tuberculosis came into operation on 30th June, 1943.
Arrangements were mado for the assessment of cases and payment of
alloxvanoes at the Tuberculosis Dispensary. Miss U. Simeon., of the
London County Council Welfare Department, was appointed Tuberculosis
Adjudicating Officer and she holds a weekly session at the Dispensary.
The cases are brought before the Adjudicating Officer by the Caro
Committee Secretary who has previously interviewed the patients and
assisted them, when necessary, in filling up the appropriate application
forms. An officer of the Finance Department attends the Dispensary eaoh
week to pay the allowances, the Care Committee Secretary beting present
when the payments are made.