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Shoreditch 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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First Schedule. Memo. 37/T (Revised).
Form T. 145.
Tuberculosis Scheme of the Shoreditch Metropolitan Borough Council.
(A)
| 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 | 58 | 51 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 67 | 54 | 7 | 5 | 133 | ||
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 17 | ||
| (c) Non-tuberculous | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 107 | 166 | 85 | 104 | 462 | ||
| B.—Contacts examined during the year:— | |||||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | - | — | - | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | ||
| (c) Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | — | - | — | - | - | 46 | 84 | 72 | 68 | 270 | ||
| C.—Cases written off the Dispensary Register as:— | |||||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | 9 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 36 | ||
| (b) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 156 | 258 | 165 | 183 | 762 | ||
| D.—Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st | |||||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 266 | 204 | 28 | 18 | 45 | 39 | 51 | 34 | 311 | 243 | 79 | 52 | 685 | ||
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | - | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | 7 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 27 | ||
| 1. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st | 698 | 2. Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years | 61 | ||||||||||||
| 3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assistance under the scheme, and cases "lost sight of" | 59 | 4. Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes) | 90 | ||||||||||||
| 5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts) | 4514 | 6. Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st December | 293 | ||||||||||||
| 7. Number of consultations with medical practitioners:— | 4 | 8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to homes (including personal consultations)2 | 152 plus 24 visits to St. Leonard's Hospital | ||||||||||||
| (b) Other | 174 | ||||||||||||||
| 9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to homes for Dispensary purposes | 3160 | 10. Number of:— (a) Specimens of sputum, etc., examined | 1144 | ||||||||||||
| 182 | |||||||||||||||
| 11. Number of " Recovered " cases restored to Dispensary Register, and included in A (a) and A (b) above | - | 12. Number of "T.B. plus" cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st | 306 | ||||||||||||