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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 1934
[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) Return showing the work of the Dispensary during the Year 1934.
| 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 | 59 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 65 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 122 |
| *(b) Diagnosis not completed | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 101 | 131 | 77 | 84 | 393 |
| B.—Contacts examined during the year:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | – | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| *(b) Diagnosis not completed | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | _ | 75 | 8 |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | – | — | — | — | — | 56 | 88 | 70 | 75 | 289 |
| C.—Cases written off the Dispensary Register as:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | —- | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 |
| (b) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 164 | 226 | 154 | 163 | 707 |
| D.—Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 270 | 191 | 31 | 18 | 45 | 30 | 52 | 36 | 315 | 221 | 83 | 54 | 673 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 2 | 7 | 19 |
| 1. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st | 712 | 2. Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years | 46 | ||||||||||
| 3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assistance under the scheme, and cases "lost sight of" | 85 | 4. Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes) | 85 | ||||||||||
| 5. Number of attendances at the Dis pensary (including Contacts) | 4298 | 6. Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st December......... | 315 | ||||||||||
| 7. Number of consultations with medical practitioners:— (a) Personal† | 3 | 8. Number of visits by the Tuberculosis Officer to homes (including personal consultations)† | 184 †Plus 27 visits to St. Leonard's Hospital. | ||||||||||
| (b) Other | 147 | ||||||||||||
| 9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to homes for Dispensary purposes | 2891 | 10. Number of:— (a) Specimens of sputum, etc., examined | 953 | ||||||||||
| (b) X-ray examinations made in connection with Dispensary work | 198 | ||||||||||||
| 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 | 302 | ||||||||||
*i.e., remaining undiagnosed on 31st Dec. [see Memo. 37/T (Revised), p. 10, Sec. II, Note 4],
†All personal consultations, whether held at the homes of patients or elsewhere, are included in
Item 7 (a); and all visits by the Tuberculosis Officer to homes, whether or not accompanied by a
personal consultation already included in Item 7 (a), are entered in Item 8.