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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
City of Westminster 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table XLIX. TUBERCULOSIS SCHEME OF THE WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL. (A) Return showing the Work of the Dispensary during the Year 1936.
| 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):— | |||||||||||||
| 131 | 90 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 138 | 99 | 4 | 10 | 251 | |
| *(6) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | 61 | 17 | 19 | 118 |
| B.—Contacts examined during the year | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | 29 | 38 | 37 | 119 |
| C.—Cases written off the Dispensary Register as— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| (6) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 38 | 94 | 58 | 58 | 248 |
| D.—Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 262 | 170 | 25 | 26 | 34 | 36 | 46 | 47 | 296 | 206 | 71 | 73 | 646 |
| (6) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
* i.e., remaining undiagnosed on 31st December.