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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
St Pancras 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARIES.
| Tuberculosis Dispensary at St. Pancras Dispensary, 39, Oakley Square. | Branch Tuberculosis Dispensary at 132, Maiden Road. | Tuberculosis Dispensary at University College Hospital. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Adults. Under 15 | Total. | Contacts included in Total. | Insured Persons included in Total. | Adults. Under 15 | Total. | Contacts included in Total. | Insured Persons included in Total. | Adults. Under 15 | Total. | Contacts included in Total. | Insured Persons included in Total. | ||||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M | F. | M. | F. | ||||||||||||||
| Under observation January 1st pending diagnosis | 15 | 37 | 24 | 9 | 85 | 28 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| Examined for first time during the year | 160 | 177 | 106 | 113 | 556 | 219 | 206 | 29 | 49 | 37 | 40 | 155 | 76 | 47 | 56 | 55 | 25 | 21 | 157 | 49 | 58 | ||||
| Total | 175 | 214 | 130 | 122 | 641 | 247 | 232 | 36 | 54 | 43 | 46 | 179 | 83 | 51 | 60 | 57 | 26 | 23 | 166 | 53 | 60 | ||||
| Found to be suffering from | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculosis | Pulmonary | 86 | 69 | 1 | 1 | 157 | 13 | 100 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 6 | 18 | 32 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 52 | 1 | 27 | |||
| Non-pulmonary | 8 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | — | 12 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Not suffering from Tuberculosis | 53 | 93 | 89 | 100 | 335 | 206 | 75 | 11 | 22 | 29 | 31 | 93 | 54 | 17 | 20 | 33 | 22 | 21 | 96 | 51 | 25 | ||||
| Under observation on December 31st pending diagnosis | 20 | 36 | 29 | 8 | 93 | 19 | 39 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ceased attendance before completion of diagnosis | 8 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 39, Oakley Square. | 132, Maiden Road. | University College Hospital. | 39, Oakley Square. | 132, Maiden Road. | University College Hospital. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Patients under supervision (excluding persons under observation or domiciliary treatment) on 31st December | 411 | 130 | 197 | Reports received from Insurance Practitioners re insured patients under domiciliary treatment during the year | 54 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total number of attendances during the year— | Persons referred to affiliated hospital Consultations with medical practitioners at the homes of patients— | 0 | 0 | 73 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Insured | 1525 | 251 | 529 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Uninsured | 1380 | 622 | 426 | Insured | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Persons placed under observation for the | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| purpose of diagnosis during the year | 201 | 77 | 23 | Other visits paid by Tuberculosis Officers to the homes of patients | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Cases in which the period of observation | 195 | 36 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| exceeded two months | 41 | 14† | 0 | Visits by Dispensary Nurses to the homes of patients for dispensary purposes | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Insured persons under domiciliary treatment | 352 | 86 | 669 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| on December 31st | 141 | 12 | 136 | Specimens of sputum examined for dispensary purposes | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 881 | 173 | 130 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
*34 due to non-attendance. †9 due to non-attendance.
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