Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |