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1 Number of patients under treatment
or supervision (excluding
persons under observation or
domiciliary treatment) on the
31st December* 484
2. Total number of attendances of
patients at the Dispensary
during the year—
Insured 1,309
Uninsured 1,328
3. Number of persons placed during
the year under observation at the
Dispensary for the purpose of
diagnosis 41
4. Number of cases in which the
period of observation at the
dispensary exceeded two months 6
5. Number of insured patients under
domiciliary treatment on
December 31st ‡ 757
6. Number of reports received from
Insurance Practitioners in respect
of insured patients under
domiciliary treatment during
the year 1
7. Number of persons referred to
affiliated hospital for consultation
16
8. Number of consultations with
medical practitioners at the
homes of patients—
Insured 54
Uninsured 36
9. Number of other visits paid by
Tuberculosis Officers to the
homes of patients 87
10. Number of visits paid by Nurses
or Health Visitors to the homes
of patients for dispensary purposes
5,636
11. Number of specimens of sputum,
examined in connection with
the work of the Dispensary 443
* Insured persons under domiciliary treatment by Insurance practitioners should be
excluded, even though they may attend the dispensary at intervals for examination
or consultation. Such cases should be included under Head 5.
‡ All insured persons in the dispensary area who are actually receiving domiciliary
treatment from Insurance practitioners should be included, irrespective of the
date upon which they were placed under domiciliary treatment and of any
attendance at the dispensary.
(Signed) Ian S. Thomson,
Date 1st February, 1926. Medical Officer of the Dispensary.
HOUSING.
During 1925 the Council have continued to prosecute their policy for
easing housing difficulties in the City. The Council are fully aware of the
shortage of accommodation which exists, and also of the fact that many
are living in dwellings which, although they cannot be classified as
uninhabitable, are still far below the standard of those erected by the
Council during the past twenty years. The Housing Committee were
engaged throughout the year in making investigations of sites suitable
for housing purposes, and in preparing schemes for the erection of
dwellings, while the Public Health Committee were dealing with defects
in existing houses and in endeavouring to mitigate overcrowding and
other unhealthy conditions of living.
In certain districts of London the problem of housing has seized the
imagination of groups of individuals who have interested themselves in
it. They have set themselves the task of stimulating local authorities
to exercise without delay the powers conferred by the various Housing
Acts. The suggestions put forward and the advice tendered sometimes