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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 1953
[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
Adults
Children
Adults
Children
Adults
Children
Grand
Total
M.
F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
A.—New cases examined during the year (excluding
contacts)-
(a) Definitely tuberculous
121
61
5
7
9
12
1
8
130
73
6
15
224
(6) Diagnosis not completed
¯
¯
¯
¯
¯
¯
¯
¯
29
30
2
2
63
(c) Non-tuberculous
¯
¯
¯
¯
¯
¯
¯
¯
191
216
25
22
454
B.—Contacts examined during the year—
(a) Definitely tuberculous
—
1
1
¯
¯
¯
¯
¯
¯
1
1
¯
2
(b) Diagnosis not completed
¯
¯
¯
¯
¯
¯
¯
¯
1
3
6
1
11
(c) Non-tuberculous
¯
¯
¯
¯
¯
¯
¯
¯
46
89
45
40
220
C.—Cases written off the Dispensary Register as—
(a) Recovered
18
17
1
—
4
4
2
1
22
21
3
1
47
(b) Non-tuberculous (including any such
cases previously diagnosed and
entered on the Dispensary Register
as tuberculous)
¯
¯
¯
¯
¯
¯
¯
¯
243
307
71
60
681
D.—Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on
31st December-
(a) Definitely tuberculous
441
249
45
30
38
31
30
14
479
280
75
44
878
(b) Diagnosis not completed
¯
¯
¯
¯
¯
¯
¯
¯
38
50
9
3
100
1. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on 1st January 878
2. Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases
returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous
years 81
3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not
desiring further assistance under the scheme, and
cases " lost sight of" 154
4. Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes) 73
5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including
Contacts) 4,514
6. Number of consultations with medical practitioners—
(a) Personal 2
(b) Other 566
7. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to homes
(including personal consultations) 13
8. Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to homes
for Dispensary purposes 2,778
9. Number of—
(a) Specimens of sputum, etc., examined 580
(b) X-ray examinations made in connection with
Dispensary work* 1,237
10. Number of " Recovered " cases restored to Dispensary
Register, and included in A (a) and A (6) above —
11. Number of " T.B. plus " cases on Dispensary Register
on 31st December 397
* NOT including those made for A.P. refills.