London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

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]

This page requires JavaScript

Table: Table XLIX—continued. TUBERCULOSIS SCHEME OF THE WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL—continued. (A) Return showing the Work of the Dispensary during the Year 1936—continued.

Table XLIX—continued. TUBERCULOSIS SCHEME OF THE WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL—continued. (A) Return showing the Work of the Dispensary during the Year 1936—continued.

1. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on 1st January6558. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to homes (including personal consultations)109
2. N umber of cases transferred from other areas and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years15
9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to homes for Dispensary purposes2,885
3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assistance under the scheme, and cases "lost sight of"201
10. Number of—
(a) Specimens of sputum, etc., examined187
4. Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes)68(6) X-ray examinations made in connection with Dispensary work100
5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts)2,393
6. Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on 31st December20311. Number of "Recovered" cases restored to Dispensary Register, and included in A (a) and A (6) aboveNil
7. Number of consultations with medical practitioners—12. Number of " T.B. plus" cases on Dispensary Register on 31st December203
(a) Personal131
(b) Other245

Text

Copy text to clipboard

(B) Number of Dispensaries for the Treatment of Tuberculosis (excluding centres used only for special forms of treatment).
Provided by the Council 1 Provided by Voluntary Bodies 3