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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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TUBERCULOSIS SCHEME.
Return showing the work carried out in connection with the St. Marylebone Tuberculosis Dispensary during the year 1933.
| 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 | 70 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 74 | 41 | 2 | 3 | 120 |
| *(b) Diagnosis not completed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | 1 | 2 |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | 39 | 19 | 24 | 107 |
| B.—Contacts examined during the year:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | - | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 4 |
| *(b) Diagnosis not completed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 4 |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | — | 15 | 34 | 23 | 25 | 97 |
| C.—Cases written off the Dispensary Register as:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | i | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| (b) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 47 | 82 | 81 | 82 | 292 |
| D.—Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 217 | L45 | 29 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 32 | 21 | 241 | 170 | 61 | 44 | 516 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | — | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 |
| 1. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st | 615 | 2 Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years | 20 | ||||||||||
| 3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assistance under the scheme, and cases "lost sight of" | 109 | 4. Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes) | 30 | ||||||||||
| 5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts) | 2,949 | 6. Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st December | 183 | ||||||||||
| 7. Number of consultations with medical practitioners:— | 8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to homes (including personal consultations | 120 | |||||||||||
| (a) Personal | 18 | ||||||||||||
| (b) Other | 101 | ||||||||||||
| 9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to homes for Dispensary purposes | 1,987 | 10. Number of:— | |||||||||||
| (a) Specimens of sputum, &c., examined | 195 | ||||||||||||
| (b) X-ray examinations made in connection with Dispensary work | 40 | ||||||||||||
| 11. Number of "Recovered" cases restored to Dispensary Register and included in A(a) and A(b)above | Nil | 12. Number of "T.B. plus" cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st | 245 | ||||||||||
| (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.1 | |||||||||||||
*i.e., remaining undiagnosed on 31st December.