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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
Paddington 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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Return as to Work carried out in connection with the St. Mary's Hospital Tuberculosis Dispensary for the Year 1925.
(The return relates only to persons residing in the area which is served by the Dispensary.)
| Number of | Under observation at the Dispensary on Jan. 1st pending diagnosis. | Examined for the first time during the year. | Total. | Found to be | Under observation at the Dispensary on Dec. 31st pending diagnosis. | Ceased attendance before completion of diagnosis. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suffering from Tuberculosis. | Not suffering from Tuberculosis. | |||||||||||
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||||||||
| Adults. | M. | 1 | 73 | 74 | 22 | 5 | 46 | 1 | – | |||
| F. | 5 | 89 | 94 | 19 | 5 | 70 | _ | _ | ||||
| Children under 15. | M. | 5 | 47 | 52 | 1 | 10 | 37 | 4 | _ | |||
| F. | 3 | 35 | 38 | — | 7 | 31 | — | — | ||||
| Total | 14 | 244 | 258 | 42 | 27 | 184 | — | |||||
| (6) "Contacts" (included in (a)) | Adults. | M. | 1 | 17 | 18 | – | – | 18 | – | – | ||
| F. | 2 | 35 | 37 | 2 | – | 35 | _ | _ | ||||
| Children under 15. | M | _ | 22 | 22 | – | – | 22 | – | – | |||
| F. | 2 | 21 | 23 | — | 4 | 19 | — | — | ||||
| (c) Insured persons (included in (a) ) | M. | 1 | 57 | 58 | 19 | 4 | 34 | 1 | – | |||
| F. | 2 | 32 | 34 | 7 | 5 | 22 | – | – | ||||
| 1. Number of patients under treatment or supervision (excluding persons under observation or domiciliary treatment) on the 31st December* | 220 | 6. Number of reports received from Insurance Practitioners in respect of insured patients under domiciliary treatment during the year | 27 | |||||||||
| 2. Total number of attendances of patients at the Dispensary during the year | Insured | 2,045 | 7. Number of persons referred to affiliated hospital for consultation | 103 | ||||||||
| Uninsured | 2,797 | 8. Number of consultations with medical practitioners at the homes of patients | Insured | 1 | ||||||||
| 3. Number of persons placed during the year | Uninsured | 3 | ||||||||||
| under observation at the Dispensary for the purpose of diagnosis | 64 | 9. Number of other visits paid by Tuberculosis Officer to the homes of patients | 136 | |||||||||
| 4. Number of cases in which the period of observation at the Dispensary exceeded two months | 9 | 10. Number of visits paid by Nurses or Health Visitors to the homes of patients for dispensary purposes | 1,490 | |||||||||
| 5. Number of insured patients under domiciliary treatment on December 31st† | 15 | 11. Number of specimens of sputum examined in connection with the work of the Dispensary | 157 | |||||||||
* Insured persons under domiciliary treatment by Insurance practitioners are excluded, even though they may attend the
dispensary at intervals for examination or consultation. Such cases are included under Head 5.
† All insured persons in the dispensary area who are actually receiving domiciliary treatment from Insurance practitioners
are included, irrespective of the date upon which they were placed under domiciliary treatment and of any attendance
at the dispensary.
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912.
(Summary of Notifications on Forms A and B received during the year 1924.)
| Tuberculosis of the Lungs. | Other Tuberculosis. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female. | Total. | Male. | Female. | Total. | |
| Primary Notifications— | ||||||
| 0— 1 year | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| 1— 5 years | — | — | — | 19 | 7 | 26 |
| 5—10 „ | — | 2 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 44 |
| 10—15 „ | 2 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 20 |
| 15—20 „ | 10 | 11 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 20—25 „ | 15 | 15 | 30 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 25—35 „ | 39 | 37 | 76 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 35—45 „ | 26 | 27 | 53 | 3 | _ | 3 |
| 45—55 „ | 14 | 9 | 23 | 2 | _ | 2 |
| 55—65 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 65 years and over | 3 | 5 | 8 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 118 | 117 | 235 | 74 | 48 | 122 |
| Cases re-notified | 93 | 80 | 173 | 17 | 12 | 29 |
| Total Notifications on Form A | 211 | 197 | 408 | 91 | 60 | 151 |
| Primary Notifications by School Medical | ||||||
| Officers— | ||||||
| 0— 5 years | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5—10 „ | 1 | — | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 10—15 „ | — | — | — | 2 | _ | 2 |
| Cases re-notified | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total Notifications on Form B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 14 |