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Shoreditch 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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First Schedule. Memo. 37/T (Revised).
Form T. 145.

Table: Tuberculosis Scheme of the Shoreditch Metropolitan Borough Council. (A) Return showing the work of the Dispensary during the Year1936.

Tuberculosis Scheme of the Shoreditch Metropolitan Borough Council. (A) Return showing the work of the Dispensary during the Year1936.

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 tuberculous3624-5446440286983
*(b)Diagnosis not completed--------575118
(c)Non-tuberculous--------981287579380
B.-Contacts examined during the year:-
(a)Definitely tuberculous1-------1---1
*(b)Diagnosis not completed---------1--1
(c)Non-tuberculous-------44595752212
C.-Cases written off the Dispensary Register as:-
(a)Recovered14101143-418131537
(b)Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous)--------149195136134614
D.-Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st:-
(a) Definitely tuberculous2251691916473842352722076151591
(b) Diagnosis not completed--------585119
1.Number of cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st6442.Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years36
3.Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assistance under the scheme, and cases "lost sight of"594.Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes)55
5.Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts)38456.Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st December295
7.Number of consultations with medical practitioners:-8.Number of visits by the Tuberculosis Officer to homes (including personal consultations)†152 †Plus 29 visits to St. Leonard's Hospital.
(a) Personal†1
(b) Other150
9.Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to homes for Dispensary purposes313610Number of:-
(a) Specimens of sputum, etc., examined883
(b) X-ray examinations made in connection with Dispensary work‡ 268
11.Number of "Recovered" cases restored to Dispensary Register, and ncluded in A (a) and A (b) above12Number of "T.B. plus" cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st255
*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. ‡Excluding Prophit Trust cases.