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City of London 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY.
The Tuberculosis Dispensary has been open for the reception of new patients and
for the attendance of old cases on Tuesdays and Fridays from 12.30 to 2.30, and on
Thursdays from 6 to 7. In the early part of the year the number attending on Thursday
evenings was too large for the highest standard of efficiency to be maintained; this was
rectified by opening on a second evening each week, and since J une 28th old cases, who
are unable to attend at mid.day, have been seen on Mondays between 5 and 7; this
arrangement has worked very satisfactorily.
In all, the Dispensary has been open 181 times during the year.
New Patients.
The number of persons, including contacts, who were examined for the first time at or in connection with the Dispensary, was 392, divided thus:—
| Diagnosed as Suffering from Tuberculosis. | Diagnosed as Not Suffering from Tuberculosis. | Undiagnosed. | Total Number Examined. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Still under Observation. | Not still under Observation. | Insured. | Uninsured. | |||
| Residents | 21 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 32 |
| Non.Residents | 94 | 201 | 17 | 22 | 261 | 73 |
| 115 | 231 | 22 | 24 | 287 | 105 | |
| 392 | 392 | |||||
| Persons diagnosed as suffering from Tuberculosis may be thus classified:— | ||||||
| Disease of the Lungs | 18 | 87 | 105 | |||
| Disease of other organs (Lungs not apparently affected) | 3 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 115 | ||||||
That is 105 cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis (in some of which other organs were
affected), and 10 cases of "Surgical Tuberculosis."
Many of the persons diagnosed as not suffering from Tuberculosis were found to
be suffering from other diseases, for which they were advised to seek treatment
elsewhere.
The undiagnosed cases are thus accounted for:—
Residents—
5 are still under observation.
1 attended once only and then left the City.
1 cannot be found at the address he gave.
Non.residents—
17 are still under observation.
3 are ill at home from non.tuberculous disease.
1 has emigrated.
18 have ceased to attend in spite of letter requesting them to do so.