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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
This page requires JavaScript
49
(7638)
Table XLIX—continued.
TUBERCULOSIS SCHEME OF THE WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL—continued.
(A) Return showing the Work of the Dispensary during the Year 1937—continued.
| 1.Number of cases on Dispensary Register on 1st January | 646 | 8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to homes (including personal consultations) | 95 |
| 2.Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years | 26 | 9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to homes for Dispensary purposes | 2,915 |
| 3.Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assistance under the scheme, and cases "lost sight | 176 | 10. Number of— | |
| 162 | |||
| 4.Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes) | 75 | (b) X-ray examinations made in connection with Dispensary work | 123 |
| 5.Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts) | 2,141 | ||
| 6.Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on 31st December | 229 | 11. Number of "Recovered" cases restored to Dispensary Register, and included in A (a) and A (b) above | Nil |
| 7.Number of consultations with medical practitioners— | 12. Number of " T.B. plus" cases on Dispensary Register on 31st December | 233 | |
| 113 | |||
| 299 | |||
(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 Nil