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Poplar 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TUBERCULOSIS.
| 1946. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dispensary Clinics: Mondays 6 p.m. | ||
| Tuesdays 2 p..m. | ||
| Thursdays 10'a.m. & 2 p.m. | ||
| Fridays 10 a.m. | ||
| Number of attendances at the Dispensary | 3,776 | 3,540. |
| Number of new cases examined 394; contacts 257 (Tuberculous 91; non-tuberculous 535; diagnosis incomplete 25) | 651 | 709. |
| 111; 527. | ||
| 71. | ||
| Number of visits to homes by Health Visitors | 3,227 | 4,402. |
| Number of sputum specimens examined | 469 | 506. |
| Number of X-ray examinations at St. Andrew's Hosp. | 843 | 800. |
| Additional statistics. In addition to the 3,227 visits paid by the Health Visitors for Dispensary purposes 71 non-Dispensary visits were paid under the Tuberculosis Regulations, 1930. | 101. | |
| Reports to Chairmen of Medical Boards | 12 | 19. |
| Patients sent away for institutional treatment | 171 | 183. |
| Patients in receipt of extra nourishment from the Dispensary during the year | 57 | 68. |
| Patients in receipt of extra nourishment from the Dispensary at 31st December | 33 | 28. |
| Reporta on child contacts sent to Divisional School Medical Officers | 29 | 29. |
| Letters to General Practitioners concerning patients | 398 | 420. |
| Reports to General Practitioners on official forms | 39 | 52. |
| Progress reports from General Practitioners | 1 | • |
| Clinical reports from London County Council | 76 | 111. |
| Reports to Ministry of Pensions | 45 | 12. |
| Shelters on loan during the year | • | • |
| Shelters on loan 31st December | • | • |
| Beds and bedding on loan during the year | 10 | 5. |
| 2 beds and bedding on loan at 31st December | 9 | 2. |
| During the year 19 new cases and 31 old cases have attended Brompton, Colindale, London Chest and St. Andrew's Hospitals for 711 artificial pneumothorax refills. | 21; 27. | |
| 723. | ||
| During the year 8 children were boarded out under the London County Council contact scheme. | 6. | |
| DENTAL TREATMENT AT ST. ANDREW'S HOSPITAL. Two patients were referred to St. Andrew's Hospital for treatment (one patient, extraction; one patient, 2. scalings). | 1. | |
| TUBERCULOSIS ALLOWANCES. The Government Scheme for the provision of allowances for persons giving up work to undergo treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis has continued to operate as part of the Dispensary service. | ||
| Sessions held by Tuberculosis Assessment Officer | 50 | 51. |
| Adjudications made | 537 | 544. |
| New applications | 61 | 66. |
| Cases reviewed | 476 | 478. |
| Patients in receipt of allowances on 31/12/47 | 53 | 54 |
| The Ministry of Health approved the continued payment of Tuberculosis Allowances for an extended period in one case. | ||