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City of London 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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B.—PATIENTS RESIDENT OUTSIDE THE CITY OF LONDON,
| Number of | Under observation at the Dispensary on Jan. 1st. pending diagnosis. | Examined for the first time during the year. | Total. | Found to be | Under observation at the Dispensary on Dec. 31st, pending diagnosis. | Ceased attendance before completion of diagnosis. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suffering from Tuberculosis. | Not suffering from Tuberculosis. | |||||||||
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||||||
| (a) All persons (no contacts) | Adults | M | 6 | 133 | 139 | 76 | 9 | 41 | 2 | 11 |
| F | 12 | 145 | 157 | 87 | 6 | 45 | 6 | 13 | ||
| Children under 15 | M | 1 | 28 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 15 | .... | .... | |
| F | 1 | 28 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Total | 20 | 334 | 354 | 179 | 21 | 117 | 12 | 25 | ||
| Adults | M | Contacts from the homes of non-resident patients are not examined at the City Dispensary. | ||||||||
| F | ||||||||||
| Children under 15 | M | |||||||||
| F | ||||||||||
| (c) Insured persons (included in (a)) | M | 4 | 92 | 96 | 54 | 9 | 24 | 2 | 7 | |
| F | 6 | 43 | 49 | 30 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 2 | ||
PATIENTS REFERRED TO THE HOSPITAL.—The following is the
summary of patients referred to the various departments of St. Bartholomew's
Hospital for help in diagnosis or treatment:—
Resident. Non-Resident. Total.
Referred to X-Ray Department 19 108 127
„ Surgical „ 3 1 4
„ Dental „ 1 1
„ Throat „ 17 22 39
„ fPathological „ 13 4
Other 9 7 16
49 142 191
† This does not include examinations of sputum.
PATIENTS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR DIAGNOSIS.—The
wards of the Hospital are open for the reception of cases presenting difficulties of
diagnosis which can only be overcome by observation as In-patients. Five resident
and 13 non-resident patients were admitted for this purpose.
EXAMINATIONS OF SPUTUM.—The following is a summary :—
City Residents. Non-Resident. Total.
Positive 6 33 39
Negative 39 159 198
RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT.—The number of patients for whom residential
treatment was arranged was 55. They are summarised as follows :—
Admitted to
L.C.C. Institutions.
Foor Law
Institutions.
Other
Institutions.
St. Columbus Hosp.
Corpn. Expense.
Total.
Patients resident in the City 12 1 13
Patients non-resident but working in
the City 36 4 2 .... 42
48 4 2 1 55
Persons neither resident nor working in the City are transferred immediately to
their own Tuberculosis Officer and subsequent arrangements are made by him.
This system has worked satisfactorily.
PERSONS TREATED AND SUPERVISED AT THE DISPENSARY.—
(A) Patients resident in the City. All persons suffering from tuberculosis who are
resident in the City may be supervised and treated at the Dispensary. The total
number of cases so treated was 76.
The number of cases under supervision on December 31st, 1924, was 71, classified
as follows :—
Arrested 10
Quiescent 24
Active 37
Non-attendances 10