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City of Westminster 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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Table: The following table gives certain details of the work of the Dispensary during 1932 and the four previous years :—

The following table gives certain details of the work of the Dispensary during 1932 and the four previous years :—

1928.1929.1930.1931.1932.
New Patients452461341400484
Old Patients551430507427477
New Contacts Examined981115585105
Individual Attendances1,003891848827961
Total Attendances2,3702,3122,2102,3142,321
Written Reports to L.C.C. and Practitioners1,3001,3331,2501,1871,228
Consultations with Practitioners98143106157132
Other Visits11297827273
Visits by Health Visitors to Dispensary Cases3,4443,2572,9673,4693,373
Sputum Examinations159154225192225
X-ray Examinations1612294261

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Patients have been recommended for institutional treatment in
hospitals and sanatoria as follows : (The table does not include patients
for whom direct admission to St. Stephen's Hospital was arranged.)
Hospitals. Sanatoria.
Insured Males 10 59
Insured Females 10 15
Uninsured Males 0 2
Uninsured Females 5 9
Boys 0 1
Girls 1 1
26 87
In addition, convalescent treatment has been arranged for Ex-Service
men through the United Services Fund, and for many children through
the Invalid Children's Aid Association, the Public Assistance Committee,
the School Authorities, St. Henry Fund and other agencies. Convalescent
treatment for adults, especially those who are not insured
persons, is sometimes difficult to arrange, but the Friends of the Poor
and the Charity Organisation Society can often assist the case. It has
often been felt that a Convalescent Home for tuberculous adults who
require a few weeks' holiday rather than any actual treatment might in
the long run save a good deal of sanatorium treatment.
The association with Westminster Hospital has continued, and many
cases were referred there during the year for surgical opinions, for orthopædic
treatment, or for such treatment as the removal of tonsils and
adenoids.