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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Marylebone 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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TUBERCULOSIS SCHEME.
| DIAGNOSIS. | PULMONARY. | NON-PULMONARY. | TOTAL. | GRAND TOTAL | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adultb. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | 1 Adults. | Children. | ||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||||
| A.—New Cases examined during the year (excluding contacts) :— | 47 | 39 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 51 | 35 | 4 | 6 | 96 | ||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 31 | |||
| c) Non-tuberculous | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 31 | 44 | 17 | 24 | 116 | ||
| B.—Contacts examined during the year:— | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | – | – | 5 | ||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 11 | 8 | ! 25 | |||
| (c) Non-tuberculous | — | – | – | – | – | – | — | – | 5 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 48 | ||
| C.—Cases written of the Dispensary Register as:— (a) Recovered | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | 4 | ||
| (6) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 43 | 64 | 44 | 53 | 204 | ||
| D.—Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st:— (a) Definitely tuberculous | 202 | 156 | 32 | 25 | 21 | 25 | 223 | 181 | 67 | 50 | | 521 | ||||
| (6) Diagnosis not completed | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | — | 6 | 8 | 41 | 39 | I 94 | ||
| 1. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st | 590 | 2 Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years | 22 | ||||||||||||
| 3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assistance under the 6cheme, and cases " lost sight of " | 74 | 4. Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes) | 36 | ||||||||||||
| 5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts) | 2,899 | 6. Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st December | 202 | ||||||||||||
| 7. Number of consultations with medical practitioners :— (a) Personal | 13 | 8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to homes (including personal consultations | 154 | ||||||||||||
| (6) Other | 120 | ||||||||||||||
| 9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to homes for Dispensary purposes | 2,081 | 10. Number of :— | 204 | ||||||||||||
| 40 | |||||||||||||||
| 11. Number of "Recovered" cases restored to Dispensary Register, and included in A(a) and A(6) above | Nil | 12. Number of "T.B. plus" cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st | 231 | ||||||||||||
| (B) Number of Dispensaries for the treatment of Tuberculosis (excluding centres used only for special forms of treatment): Provided by the Council, One. Provided by Voluntary Bodies, One. Margaret St. Dispensary, Margaret St., W.l | |||||||||||||||