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the number of new notifications, but chiefly to an increase in the number
of cases examined as contacts. This number, for reasons stated in last
year's report, was somewhat small in 1925.
The following table shows the sources from which these new cases
were recommended to the Dispensary, and also the corresponding figures
for the previous year. The proportion recommended by practitioners is
much the same, and, except for the increase in contact examinations,
there is no very marked difference in the proportion of cases recommended
from different sources.
1926.
1925.
Practitioners 142 136
Health Visitors (contacts, etc.) 161 91
St. Stephen's Hospital 54 76
Ministry of Pensions 15 12
School Medical Officer 33 44
Hospitals 12 4
Friends, Charitable Societies, Jewish
Board of Guardians, etc 29 32
446 395
The routine of the Dispensary remains unaltered and there has been
no radical change in methods or in treatment.
1921.
1922.
1923.
1924.
1925.
1926.
New Patients
609
421
529
603
395
446
Old Patients attending
588
825
800
652
474
519
Contacts examined
281
183
245
271
150
162
Individuals who attended
1,197
1,246
1,329
1,255
869
965
Total Attendances
3,695
3,275
3,133
3,292
2,637
2,697
Written Medical Reports to London County
Council and Medical Practitioners
1,609
1,554
1,652
1,884
1,280
1,378
Consultations with Medical Practitioners
178
181
209
243
90
92
Other visits paid by Medical Officer
320
315
227
178
87
46
Visits by Health Visitors to Dispensary
Cases
4,941
4,995
4,717
4,907
5,636
4,144
Sputum Examinations
308
327
360
232
443
223
X-ray Examinations
28
16
5
2
2
5
During the year the London County Council started a Work Centre
for the production of firewood. Suitable cases who are definitely tubercular
and who have pensions for Tuberculosis are accepted, and several
have been recommended from this Dispensary. One was appointed to
the clerical staff at the Centre and has remained there with benefit to his
health and his financial circumstances. Others were unable to stand