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Marylebone 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: For the following Table, showing an analysis of the cases on the register at the end of the year, Dr. Anderson, who took office on 1st October, 1935, is responsible.ANALYSIS OF 345 CASES OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS ON DISPENSARY REGISTER ON l/l/36.

For the following Table, showing an analysis of the cases on the register at the end of the year, Dr. Anderson, who took office on 1st October, 1935, is responsible.

ANALYSIS OF 345 CASES OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS ON DISPENSARY REGISTER ON l/l/36.

Adults.Children.Total.Total.Grand Total.
1.F+F—M+M—F+F—M+M—T.B.+T.B—
2.No. of patients534310741—819161101262*
3.% in hospital, 1.1.3628.316.326.214.6—12.5—2226.715.822.5
4.% in hospital during 193539.627.945.819.5—751003344.128.738.2
5.No of occupants in houses occupied by patients— Adults149117276121—15221427274701
Children31397934—23325113121234
6.No. of rooms138111277100—20418414249663
7.Rooms per person (1 child = ½ adult)..82.82.88.72—.731.14.54.86.75.81
8.% occupying separate rooms41.530.237.436.6——100113928.735.1
9.% occupying separate bed (including colm. 8).62.348.955.248.8—37.51004457.747.053.8
10.% labelled "Home conditions unsatisfactory.''20.89.32822—12.5—3325.516.822.5
11.% working (whole or part time).47.274.44368.3—75—7744.172.254.9

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*Note.—The remaining 83 cases were accounted for as follows, bringing the
grand total up to 345:—
In 10 cases—2 children (T.B. negative) and 8 adults (7 T.B. positive, 1 T.B. negative),
complete details could not be obtained. 6 of these were in hospital on 1.1.36.
24 cases (19 T.B. positive) had "no fixed abode," 15 were in hospital on 1.1.36, and
21 had been in hospital during 1935.
Thus of 296 cases, 80, or 30.5%, were in hospital on 1.1.36, and 127, or 48.5%, had
been in hospital or sanatorium during 1935.
Of the T.B. positive cases (187), 64 or 34.2% were in hospital on 1.1.36, and 99
or 53% were in 1935.
49 (24 T.B. positive, 25 T.B. negative) cases could not be traced and were classed
as "lost sight of."
Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis.—Eleven of the total notifications—19 as against
25 in 1934—in the case of this form of tuberculosis came from institutions where
the patients were undergoing treatment. Visits were paid to the homes and, where
necessary, advice with regard to the obtaining of treatment were offered.
Particulars as to the parts affected by the disease will be found in the table
on page 47.