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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE 50.
Tuberculosis Scheme.
| 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 | 52 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | — | 60 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 104 | ||
| *(b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | ||
| (c) Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 42 | 69 | 13 | 11 | 135 | ||
| B.—Contacts examined during the year:— | |||||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | ||
| *(b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| (c) Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | 72 | 33 | 24 | 150 | ||
| C.—Cases written off the Dispensary Register as :— | |||||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | 3 | 7 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 18 | ||
| (b) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 64 | 145 | 47 | 36 | 292 | ||
| D.—Number or Cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st :— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 157 | 98 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 173 | 117 | 29 | 23 | 342 | ||
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 20 | ||
| 1. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st | 356 | 2. Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years | 36 | ||||||||||||
| 3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assistance under the scheme, and cases " lost sight of " | 106 | 4. Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes) | 36 | ||||||||||||
| 5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts) | 2,334 | 6. Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st December | 116 | ||||||||||||
| 7. Number of consultations with medical practitioners:— (a) Personal | 33 | 8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officer to homes (including personal consultations) | 156 | ||||||||||||
| (b) Other | 202 | ||||||||||||||
| 9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to homes for Dispensary purposes | 2,117 | 10 Number of:— (a) Specimens of sputum, &c., examined | 191 | ||||||||||||
| (6) X-ray examinations made in connection with Dispensary work | 409 | ||||||||||||||
| 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 | 173 | ||||||||||||
| 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 Street Dispensary, Margaret Street, W.l | |||||||||||||||
| *i.e.,remaining undiagnosed on 31st December. | |||||||||||||||