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1-6) the cases of tuberculosis notified in 1922 numbered 514 (395 pulmonary and 119 nonpulmonary)
and the deaths registered 250 (203 pulmonary and 47 non-pulmonary). The
tuberculosis dispensary at University College Hospital serves the whole of the Borough of
Holborn (population in 1921, 43,192), in addition to the part of St. Pancras lying south of
Euston Road (population in 1921, 42,090), as do also its staff, which consists of a part-time
tuberculosis officer and a full-time tuberculosis nurse. In that part of the borough (Wards 7
and 8) the cases of tuberculosis notified in 1922 numbered 130 (107 pulmonary and 23
non-pulmonary) and the deaths registered 61 (51 pulmonary and 10 non-pulmonary).
At St. Pancras Dispensary the Tuberculosis Officer, Dr. N. M. Donnelly, took up
his duties on 3rd May, 1922, Dr. G. F. Hardy acting temporarily until that date. At
University College Hospital Dr. H. Evans continued as Tuberculosis Officer throughout the
year.
The work done at the dispensaries in 1922 is shown in the following table:—