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City of London 1937
[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 1937. 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 | 4 | 1 | 1 | l | 4 | 2 | l | 7) | ||||||
| (.b) Diagnosis not completed | 15 | |||||||||||||
| (c) Non-tuberculous | 3 | 5 | si | |||||||||||
| B.—CONTACTS examined during the year:— | ||||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 2 | 2 | 2) | |||||||||||
| >42 | ||||||||||||||
| (c) Non-tuberculous | 5 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 40 | | |||||||||
| C.—CASES written off the Dispensary Register as:— | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| (b) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous) | ||||||||||||||
| .49 | ||||||||||||||
| 8 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 48 | ||||||||||
| D.—NUMBER OF CASES on Dispensary Register on December 31st:— | ||||||||||||||
| 18 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 2 | l | 1 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 41 | |||
1. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st 46 2. Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years 2
| 3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assistance under the tuberculosis scheme, and cases " lost sight of " | 11 | 4. Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes) | 4 |
| 5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts) | 358 | 6. Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st December | 38 |
| 7. Number of consultations with medical practitioners :— (a) Personal | 15 | 8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to homes (including personal consultations) | 0 |
| 9 Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to homes for Dispensary purposes | 144 | 10. Number of:— (a) Specimens of sputum, etc., examined | 28 |
| 194 | |||
| 11. Number of " Recovered " cases restored to Dispensary Register, and included in A (a) and A (b) above | 0 | 12. Number of " T.B. plus " cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st | 20 |
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):— | ||||||||||||||
| 96 | 57 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 102 | 61 | 4 | 167 | ||||||
| (b) Doubtfully tuberculous | 6 | 6 | 245 | |||||||||||
| (c) Non-tuberculous | 39 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 72 | |||||||||
| B.—Number of Tuberculous City workers attending Dispensary for treatment on Dec. 31st,192 | 30 | |||||||||||||
| C.—Number of Non-Resident and Non-Workers attending Dispensary for treatment on Dec. 31st, 1937 | 35 | |||||||||||||
| D.—Number of cases transferred to other areas or lost sight of | 150 | |||||||||||||
| E.—Number of attendances at the Dispensary | 1,037 | |||||||||||||
| F.—Number of consultations with Medical Practitioner | 247 | |||||||||||||
| G —Number of:—(a) Specimens of sputum, &c., examined | 154 | |||||||||||||
| 597 | ||||||||||||||