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Marylebone 1936

[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 1936.

diagnosis.PULMONARY.NON-PULMONARY.TOTAL.GRAND TOTAL
Adultb.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 tuberculous493814724534534105
*(b) Diagnosis not completed--------314
(c) Non-tuberculous--------254715794
B.—Contacts examined during the year:—
(a) Definitely tuberculous2722272213
*(b) Diagnosis not completed----------224
(c) Non-tuberculous--------23372029109
C.—Cases written off the Dispensary Register as:—
(a) Recovered26412122476320
(6) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous)--------53854238218
d.—Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st:—
(a) Definitely tuberculous1581092415152120131731304428375
(6) Diagnosis not completed-----412310
1.Number of cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st4192Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years30
3.Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assistance under the scheme, and cases "lost sight of"994.Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes)56
5.Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts)2,3116.Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st December125
7.Number of consultations with medical practitioners:—8.Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officer to homes (including personal consultations)237
(a) Personal13
(6) Other79
9.Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to homes for Dispensary purposes2,74910.Number of:—
(a) Specimens of sputum, &c., examined172
(b) X-ray examinations made in connection with Dispensary work353
11.Number of "Recovered" cases restored to Dispensary Register and included in A (a) and A(b) aboveNil12.Number of "T.B. plus" cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st195
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
*i.e.,remaining undiagnosed on 31st December