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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
Southwark 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 39. Return for the year 1938. (A) Return showing the work of the Dispensary (or Dispensaries).
| Diagnosis. | pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary | Total. | Grand Total. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults | Children | Adults | Children | Adults | Children | |||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |||||
| A.—new Cases examined during the year (excluding contacts):— | ||||||||||||||||
| (o) Definitely tuberculous | 82 | 36 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 92 | 47 | 9 | 9 | 157 | |||
| (ft) Diagnosis not completed | 31 | 30 | 6 | — | 1 | — | 6 | 4 | 32 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 78 | |||
| (e) Non-tuberculous | 195 | 153 | 11 | 17 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 195 | 153 | 12 | 19 | 379 | |||
| B.—Contacts examined during the year:— | ||||||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 8 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 24 | |||
| (6) Diagnosis not completed | 4 | 11 | 4 | 8 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 11 | 4 | 8 | ||||
| (<•) Non-tuberculous | 62 | 79 | 70 | 57 | — | — | — | — | 62 | 79 | 70 | 57 | 268 | |||
| C.—Cases written of! the Dispensary Register as:— | ||||||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 21 | |||
| (6) Non-tuberoulous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous) | 258 | 232 | 82 | 74 | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 258 | 234 | 83 | 77 | 652 | |||
| D.—Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st:— | ||||||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous .. | 310 | 163 | 39 | 41 | 21 | 29 | 11 | 12 | 331 | 192 | 50 | 53 | 626 | |||
| (6) Diagnosis not completed | 35 | 41 | 10 | 8 | 1 | — | 6 | 4 | 36 | 41 | 16 | 12 | 105 | |||
| 1. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st | 634 | 2. Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years | 53 | |||||||||||||
| 3. Number of oases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assistance under the scheme, and cases "lost sight of" | 143 | 4. Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes) .. | 73 | |||||||||||||
| 6. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts) | 5798 | 6. Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st December | 30 | |||||||||||||
| 7. Number of consultations with medical practitioners:— | 8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to homes (including personal consultations) | 118 | ||||||||||||||
| (a) Personal | 53 | |||||||||||||||
| (ft) Other | 522 | |||||||||||||||
| 9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to homes for Dispensary purposes | 2792 | 10. Number of:— (a) Specimens of sputum, etc., examined (ft) X-ray examinations made in connection with Dispensary work. | 746 2140 | |||||||||||||
| 11. Number of "Recovered" cases restored to Dispensary Register, and included in A (a) and A (ft) above | 4 | 12. Number of "T.B. plus" cases on Dispensary Register on Decern ber 31st | 324 | |||||||||||||
(B) Number of Dispensaries for the treatment of Tuberculosis (exoluding centres
used only for special forms of treatment). Provided by the Council—One.