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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 51.
Tuberculosis.
Supplementary Annual Return showing in summary form (a) the condition at the end of 1938 of all patients remaining on the Dispensary Register ; and (b) the reasons for the removal of all cases written off the Register.
| Condition at the time of the last record made during the year to which the return relates. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Previous to 1938. | 1938. | Previous to | 1938. | 1938. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Class | . T.B. minus. | Class T.B. plus | Class TB. minus. | Class T.B. plus | Bones and joints. | Abdominal. | Other organs | Peripheral glands. | Total. | Bones and joints. | Abdominal. | Other organs | Peripheral glands. | Total. | ||||||||||
| Group 1- | Group 2. | Group 3. | Total (Class TB.plus) | Group 1. | Group 2. | Group 3. | Total (Class TB.plus) | ||||||||||||||||
| (a) Remaining on dispensary register on 31st December. | Disease arrested. | Adults | m. | 7 | 11 | 4 | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| F. | 6 | 4 | 2 | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Children. | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Disease not arrested. | Adults | M. | 22 | 10 | 46 | 20 | 76 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 23 | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| F. | 22 | 8 | 21 | 6 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 9 | — | 14 | 2 | — | 3 | 3 | 8 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Children. | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 6 | 2 | — | 2 | 10 | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | |||
| Condition not ascertained during the year. | 2 | — | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Total on dispensary register at 31st December, 1938. | 76 | 33 | 77 | 27 | 137 | 32 | 15 | 19 | 4 | 38 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 47 | 1 | — | 6 | 5 | 12 | |||
| (b) Not now on dispensary register and reasons for removal therefrom. | Discharged as recovered. | Adults | M. | 11 | 5 | 1 | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — |
| F. | 22 | 10 | 5 | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Children. | 29 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 3 | — | 18 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Lost sight of. or otherwise removed from dispensary register | 431 | 252 | 149 | 40 | 441 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 78 | 14 | 16 | 51 | 159 | 1 | — | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Dead. | Adults | M. | 17 | 19 | 41 | 245 | 305 | — | — | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | |
| F. | 16 | 9 | 14 | 128 | 151 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | |||
| Children. | 5 | — | — | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Total written off dispensary register. | 531 | 296 | 211 | 417 | 924 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 110 | 22 | 21 | 73 | 226 | 1 | 1 | 6 | — | 8 | |||
| Grand Totals | 607 | 329 | 288 | 444 | 1061 | 41 | 18 | 25 | 14 | 57 | 126 | 30 | 28 | 89 | 273 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 20 | |||