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The number of attendances of Stoke Newington patients were
1,183 during 1926, as compared with 1,383 during 1925. The total
number of Stoke Newington contact cases examined at the Dispensary
was 62, as against 76 dining 1925.
Dr. L. U. YOUNG (the Tuberculosis Medical Officer) reports:
"There were 356 Sessions held, with an average attendance of
10.05. The total attendances of both new and old cases were less
than in the preceding year. During the period of the general strike
and the week following the attendances fell off considerably. As
an illustration of the far-reaching effects of the strike on the individual,
two patients who were forced to walk a good distance from
their homes arrived at the Dispensary in a very exhausted condition,
one of them suffering from Hemoptysis, and it was with the greatest
difficulty that a conveyance was obtained to take them home again.
"The work in connection with the Public Health Departments
of the two Boroughs continues to work smoothly. The Borough
Nurses report at the Dispensary regularly, and also attend the
meetings of the After-Care Committee, held at 26, Pembury Road,
where their intimate knowledge of the patients, their families and
environments is found to be very useful.
"In accordance with instructions contained in Memorandum
37,/T issued by the Ministry of Health for the purpose of obtaining
fuller statistics regarding the work of Tuberculosis Dispensaries, the
necessary Tables have been compiled for 1926. This has entailed a
considerable amount of additional work, but the thorough and
systematic manner in which Miss Fellowes, the Secretary, has kept
the records proved of great assistance.
"The methods suggested by the London County Council for the
cessation of supervision of old cases on the Dispensary Register are
being carried out, to the benefit of those patients whose names are
deleted from the Register, and the organisation of the Dispensary
work. During the year 241 names were removed from the Register.