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Marylebone 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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II.—SUNDRY PARTICULARS IN CONNECTION WITH THE SCHEME OF TREATMENT.
| l | Name of Hospital to which Special Cases are referred from the Dispensary for diagnosis or treatment | Middlesex Hospital. |
| 2. | Is any provision for the home nursing of Tuber-culous Patients made in connection with the Dispensary? If so | Yes. Application can be made to the District Nursing Association |
| (1) State the general nature of the arrangement | (1) Note sent to Matron from Dispensary. | |
| (2) What qualifications are the Nurses required to possess ? | (2) Fully trained. | |
| (3) Do they carry out other work ? If so, what? | (3) Yes, District Nursing. | |
| (4) Are their services available for Insured and Uninsured Patients? | (4) Yes. | |
| (5) If so (a) by what procedure are their services secured for individual patients? | (5) (a) As above. | |
| (b) Under whose instructions do they perform the actual duties of nursing in an individual case? | (b) Matron of Nursing Association and Tuberculosis Officer. | |
| 3. | If no provision of nursing is made in connection with the Dispensary is any such provision contemplated ? If so, give particulars? | - |
| 4. | State number of Shelters provided by the Council or by the Dispensary Authorities up to 31st December, 1923, for lending out to Patients for use at their own homes | None. |
Deaths from Phthisis.—Some reference has already been made to the matter
of deaths from tuberculosis and at this point it is proposed only to deal with the
figures relating to tuberculosis of the lungs (consumption or phthisis).
During 1923 the total number certified as due to this cause was 94, the deathrate
being 0.8 per 1,000. The distribution of the deaths according to registration
districts is shown in the accompanying table, which gives also the figures for each of
the 5 years 1919-1923.