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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
Acton 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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The premises provided by the Borough Council for use as a Tuberculosis Dispensary
were opened in February, 1932. They are situated on the entrance floor of Barnes
House, 9-15, Camden Road, and comprise a waiting room, two consulting rooms, laboratory,
rooms for the nurse, health visitors, and clerical assistant, dressing rooms for the patients,
and the necessary sanitary accommodation.
The following table gives a summary of the work carried out at the Tuberculosis Dispensary during the year:—
| 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):— | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 111 | 77 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 122 | 96 | 15 | 13 | 246 | |||
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | - | - | - | - | - | - | -- | - | 15 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 33 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 79 | 98 | 33 | 26 | 236 | |||
| B.—Contacts examined during the year:— | |||||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 5 | |||
| (c) Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 60 | 68 | 59 | 65 | 252 | ||
| C.—Cases written off the Dispensary Register as— | |||||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | 9 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 54 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 142 | 168 | 92 | 95 | 497 | |||
| D.—Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st:— | |||||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 361 | 225 | 20 | 15 | 45 | 39 | 30 | 19 | 406 | 264 | 50 | 34 | 754 | ||
| - | - | - | ~~ | — | - | — | — | 19 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 42 | |||
| I. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st | 725 | 7. Number of consultations with medical practitioners:— | |||||||||||||
| 2. Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years | 112 | (a) Personal | 8 | ||||||||||||
| (b) Other | 238 | ||||||||||||||
| 8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to | 104 | ||||||||||||||
| 3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assistance under the | 172 | ||||||||||||||
| 9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors | 4382 | ||||||||||||||
| 4. Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes) | 92 | 10. Number of— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Specimens of sputum, &c., examined | 529 | ||||||||||||||
| 5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts) | 3181 | 243 | |||||||||||||
| 6. Number of Insured persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st December | 317 | 11. Number of "Recovered" cases restored to Dispensary Register, and included in A (a) and A (b) above | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 12. Number of "T.B. plus" cases on Dispensary Register on 31st December | 417 | ||||||||||||||