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St Pancras 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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The premises provided by the Borough Council for use as a Tuberculosis Dispensary
were opened in February, 19.'52. They are situated on the entrance floor of Barnes
House, 9-15, Camden Road, and comprise a waiting room, two consulting rooms, laboratory,
rooms for the nurse, health visitors, and clerical assistant, dressing rooms for the patients,
and the necessary sanitary accommodation.
The following table gives a summary of the work carried out at the Tuberculosis Dispensary during the year :—
| Diagnosis. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Total. | Grand Total. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | |||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |||
| A.—New Cases examined during the year (excluding contacts) | ||||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 137 | 69 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 144 | 78 | 14 | 16 | 252 | |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 8 | — | — | 11 | |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 89 | 112 | 21 | 25 | 247 | |
| B.—Contacts examined during | ||||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | |
| (r) Non-tuberculous | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 60 | 114 | 53 | 74 | 301 | |
| C.—Cases written off the Dispen- | ||||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | 8 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 47 | |
| (b) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 164 | 238 | 76 | 101 | 579 | |
| D.—Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st:— | ||||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 374 | 228 | 22 | 22 | 39 | 40 | 29 | 25 | 413 | 268 | 51 | 47 | 779 | |
| (b) Diagnosis uot completed | - | — | — | — | - | — | — | 8 | 10 | - | — | 18 | ||
| I. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st | 796 | 7. Number of consultations with medical practitioners :— | ||||||||||||
| 2. Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years | 111 | (a) Personal | 6 | |||||||||||
| (b) Other | 277 | |||||||||||||
| 8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to homes (including personal consultations) | 118 | |||||||||||||
| 3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assistance under the scheme, and cases "lost sight of" | 180 | |||||||||||||
| 9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to homes for Dispensary purposes | 4083 | |||||||||||||
| 10. Number of— | ||||||||||||||
| 4. Cases written off during the year as Lead (all causes) | 121 | |||||||||||||
| (a) Specimens of sputum, &c., examined | 564 | |||||||||||||
| (b) X-ray examinations made in connection with Dispensary work* | 363 | |||||||||||||
| 5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts) | 3641 | |||||||||||||
| 11. Number of "Recovered" cases restored to Dispensary Register, and included in A (a) and A(b) above | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 6. Number of Insured persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st December ... | 344 i | |||||||||||||
| 12. Number of "T.B. plus" cases on Dispensary Register on 31st December | 438 | |||||||||||||
*NOT including those made for A.P. refills.