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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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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
108
75
11
10
5
14
8
1
113
89
19
11
232
(b) Diagnosis not completed
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
23
28
3
1
55
(c) Non-tuberculous
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
171
231
39
41
482
B.— Contacts examined during the year—
(a) Definitely tuberculous
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
1
(b) Diagnosis not completed
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
4
15
7
6
32
(c) Non-tuberculous
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
86
116
52
67
321
C.— Cases written off the Dispensary Register as—
(a) Recovered
12
13
3
1
3
2
1
3
15
15
4
4
38
(b) Non-tuberculous (including any such
cases previously diagnosed and
entered on the Dispensary Register
as tuberculous)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
274
368
92
109
843
D.— Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on
31st December—
(a) Definitely tuberculous
468
260
54
36
39
38
37
12
507
298
91
48
944
(b) Diagnosis not completed
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
46
66
13
8
133
e 2
1. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on 1st January 978
2. Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases
returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous
years 103
3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not
desiring further assistance under the scheme, and
cases "lost sight of" 176
4. Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes) 70
5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including
Contacts) 5,055
6. Number of consultations with medical practitioners—
(а) Personal 3
(b) Other 548
7. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officer to homes
(including personal consultations) 10
8. Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to homes
for Dispensary purposes 2,040
9. Number of—
(а) Specimens of sputum, etc., examined 607
(b) X-ray examinations made in connection with
Dispensary work* 1,619
10. Number of "Recovered " cases restored to Dispensary
Register, and included in A (a) and A (b) above 2
11. Number of "T.B. plus" cases on Dispensary Register
on 31st December 484
* NOT including those made for A.P. refills.