[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of] page 41

City of Westminster 1933

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

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Table: The sources from which new cases were referred to the Dispensary during the last three years arc shown in the following table:—

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The sources from which new cases were referred to the Dispensary during the last three years arc shown in the following table:—

	1931.	1932.	1933.
Practitioners	152	164	140
Health Visitors	134	196	162
St. Stephen's Hospital	76	82	72
Ministry of Pensions	5	3	0
School Medical Officer	18	16	18
Hospitals	7	5	10
Referred by Friends, Charitable Organisations, etc.	8	18	10
	400	484	412

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It may be noted that patients come from these different sources in a
fairly constant proportion, with the exception of new cases from the
Ministry of Pensions. These have naturally become fewer in recent years,
and in 1933 there were none. There are still many old pensions cases
attending the Dispensary.
During the year the Tuberculosis Officer was appointed Honorary
Consultant to the Tuberculosis wards at St. Stephen's Hospital. This
places on an official basis an arrangement made ten years ago, while the
Hospital was maintained by the Westminster Guardians, and continued
informally since the hospital was taken over by the London County
Council. The value of the collaboration between the medical officers of
the hospital and the Tuberculosis Officer has been stressed in previous
reports.

Table: The following table gives certain details of the work of the Dispensary . during 1933 and in the four previous years:—

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The following table gives certain details of the work of the Dispensary . during 1933 and in the four previous years:—

	1929.	1930.	1931.	1932.	1933.
New Patients attending	461	341	400	484	412
Old Patients attending	430	507	427	477	430
New Contacts examined	111	55	85	105	126
Individual attendances	891	848	827	961	842
Total attendances	2,312	2,210	2,314	2,321	2,165
Written Reports to Public Authorities and Practitioners .	1,333	1,250	1,187	1,228	1,090
Consultations with Practitioners	97	82	72	73	82
Home Visits	143	106	157	132	117
Visits by Health Visitors to Dispensary Cases	3,257	2,967	3,469	3,373	3,404
Sputum Examinations	154	225	192	225	164
X-ray Examinations	12	29	42	61	60

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City of Westminster 1933

Table: The sources from which new cases were referred to the Dispensary during the last three years arc shown in the following table:—

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Table: The following table gives certain details of the work of the Dispensary . during 1933 and in the four previous years:—