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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
Shoreditch 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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Tuberculosis Scheme of the Shoreditch Metropolitan Borough Council.
| 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 | 54 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 58 | 37 | 16 | 10 | 121 |
| l(b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 35 |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 136 | 163 | 81 | 88 | 4682 |
| B.—Contacts examined during the year:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
| l(b) Diagnosis not completed | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 18 |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | — | – | — | — | — | 50 | 83 | 59 | 84 | 276 |
| C.—Cases written off the Dispensary Register as :— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | 20 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 43 |
| (b) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 188 | 253 | 140 | 175 | 756 |
| 1—Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 255 | 206 | 33 | 23 | 32 | 34 | 54 | 33 | 287 | 240 | 87 | 56 | 670 |
| (b) Dagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 53 |
| 1. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st | 669 | 2. Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years | 28 | ||||||||||
| 3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assistance under the scheme, and cases "lost sight of" | 39 | 4. Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes) | 73 | ||||||||||
| Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts) | 4531 | 6. Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st December | 341 | ||||||||||
| 7 Number of consultations with medical practitioners :— | 8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to homes (including personal consultations) | 156 | |||||||||||
| (a) Personal | 10 | ||||||||||||
| (b) Other | 195 | ||||||||||||
| Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to homes for Dispensary purposes | 2545 | 10. Number of :— | |||||||||||
| (a) Specimens of sputum, etc., examined | 960 | ||||||||||||
| (b) X-ray examinations made in connexion with Dispensary work | 81 | ||||||||||||
| 11. Number of " Recovered " cases restored to Dispensary Register, and included in A(a) andA(b) above | 0 | 12. Number of "T.B. plus" cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st | 275 | ||||||||||
??? remaining undiagnosed on 31st Dec. [ See Memo. 37/T (Revised), p. 10, Sec. II, Note 4].
approximately 95 of these were attending during December, 1930, and though apparently classified as non-Tb. had not been
??? discharged yet were not shown in the last return as "still under observation on Dec. 31st, 1930." They have
??? been entered as new cases for 1931