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City of London 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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RETURN SHOWING THE WORK OF THE DISPENSARY DURING THE YEAR 1935. CITY RESIDENTS.
| 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 | 5 | 4 | .... | l | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 4 | .... | ... | 10 | 18 | |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | 3 | 5 | 8 | |||||||||||
| B.—CONTACTS examined during the year:— | ||||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | l | .... | .... | .... | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 19 | |
| C.—CASES written off the Dispensary Register as— | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| (a) Recovered | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| (b) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous) | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 8 | 17 | 3 | l | 29 | 29 |
| D.—NUMBER OF CASES on Dis-Densarv Register on December 31st:— | ||||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 21 | 21 | l | .... | 4 | 1 | .... | 2 | 25 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 50 | 50 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | |
| 1. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st, 1935:— | 52 | 2. | Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years | |||||||||||
| 3. Number of cases transferred toother areas, cases not desiring further assistance under the scheme, and cases "lost sight of" | 8 | 4. | Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes) | 3 | ||||||||||
| 5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts) | 340 | 6. | Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st December | 28 | ||||||||||
| 7. Number of consultations with medical practitioners:— (a) Personal (b) Other | 10 | 8. | Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to homes (including personal consultations) | — | ||||||||||
| 9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to Homes for Dispensary purposes | 180 | 10. | Number of | 13 | ||||||||||
| (b) X-ray examinations made in connection with Dispensary work | 60 | |||||||||||||
| 11. Number of "Recovered" cases restored to Dispensary Register, and included in A(a) and A(b) above | 12. | Number of "T.B. plus" cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st | 25 | |||||||||||
NON-RESIDENTS.
| 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 | 80 | 46 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .... 1 | 82 | 50 | 4 | 2 | 138 | .... | |
| (b) Doubtfully tuberculous | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 6 | 6 | .... | 1 | 13 | 275 | |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 93 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 124 | ||
| B.—Number of Tuberculous City workers attending Dispensary for treatment on Dec.31st, 1935 24 | ||||||||||||||
| C - Number of Non-Resident and Non-Workers attending Dispensary for treatment on Dec. 31st, 1935 38 | ||||||||||||||
| D.—Number of cases transferred to other areas or lost sight of | 108 | |||||||||||||
| E.—Number of attendances at the Dispensary | 1,242 | |||||||||||||
| F.—Number of consultations with Medical Practitioner | 200 | |||||||||||||
| G.—Number of:—(a) Specimens of sputum, &c., examined | 89 | |||||||||||||
| (6) X-Ray examinations made | 287 | |||||||||||||