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Shoreditch 1938
[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 1938
Table No. 71
| 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 | 41 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 37 | 3 | 5 | 90 |
| *(b) Diagnosis not completed | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 98 | 110 | 63 | 48 | 319 |
| B. Contacts examined during the year:— (a) Definitely tuberculous | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | 4 |
| *(b) Diagnosis not completed | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 40 | 44 | 29 | 16 | 129 |
| C.- Cases written off the Dispensary Register as:— (a) Recovered | 10 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 37 |
| (b) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 143 | 162 | 93 | 73 | 471 |
| D. Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st (a) Definitely tuberculous | 212 | 165 | 19 | 11 | 38 | 37 | 28 | 25 | 250 | 202 | 47 | 36 | 535 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 18 |
| 1. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st | 595 | 2. Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years | 63 | ||||||||||
| 3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assist-tance under the scheme, and cases " lost sight of " | 99 | 4. Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes) | 58 | ||||||||||
| 5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts) | 3,859 | 6. Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st December | 271 | ||||||||||
| 7. Number of consultations with medical practitioners:— (a) Personal† | 6 | 8. Number of visits by the Tuberculosis Officer to homes (including personal consultations)† | 105 | ||||||||||
| (b) Other | 143 | ||||||||||||
| 9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to homes for Dispensary purposes | 3,334 | 10. Number of:— (a) Specimens of sputum, etc., examined | 751 | ||||||||||
| (b) X-ray examinations made in connection with Dispensary work | ‡392 | ||||||||||||
| II. 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 31 st | 258 | ||||||||||
*i.e., remaining undiagnosed on 31st Dec. [see Memo. 37/T (Revised), p. 10, Sec. II, Note 4].
tAll 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.