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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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Tuberculosis Scheme of the Shoreditch Metropolitan Borough Council. Return showing the work of the Dispensary daring the year 1932. Memo. 37/T (Revised).
| Diagnosis. | Pulmonary. | N on-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 I the year (excluding contacts) | ||||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 45 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 46 | 34 | 8 | 9 | 97 | |
| (b)Diagnosis not completed ... | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 23 | ||
| (c) Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 128 | 126 | 64 | 64 | 382 | |
| B—Contacts examined during the year:— | ||||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | — | — | 4 | |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed ... | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 42 | 72 | 50 | 50 | 214 | |
| C-Cases written off the Dispen- sary Register as :— | ||||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | 12 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 44 | |
| (b) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous) ... | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 178 | 215 | 126 | 130 | 649 | |
| D.—Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st:— | ||||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 262 | 197 | 30 | 21 | 33 | 39 | 50 | 39 | 295 | 236 | 80 | 60 | 671 | |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed ... | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 27 | |
| 1. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st | 723 | 2. Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years | 90 | |||||||||||
| 3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assistance under the scheme, and cases "lost sight of" | 67 | 4. Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes) | 79 | |||||||||||
| 5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts) | 3861 | 6. Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st December | 297 | |||||||||||
| 7. dumber of consultations with medical practitioners :— | 8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to homes (including personal consultations) | 171 including 15 visits to St. Leonard's Hospital | ||||||||||||
| {a) Personal | 5 | |||||||||||||
| (b) Other | 210 | |||||||||||||
| 9 Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to homes for Dispensary purposes | 2849 | 10. Number of :— (a) Specimens of sputum, etc., examined | 1192 including 41 | |||||||||||
| (b) X-ray examinations made in connexion with Dispensary work | Urine 125 | |||||||||||||
| 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 December 31st | 293 | |||||||||||
remaining undiagnosed on 31st Dec. [see Memo. 37/T (Revised), p. 10, Sec. II, Note 4].