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Where the homes are visited by the Sanitary Inspectors, the houses are
inspected and defects are ordered to be remedied. In this way, the conditions in
which the people live and sleep are remedied as far as possible. Overcrowding of a
room where a Consumptive lives, which, to my mind, is a serious cause of the spread
of the disease, is at once abated.
The number of cases notified in the three Dispensaries during 1912 and 1913
(the St. George's and Whitechapel Dispensaries were only in existence during the
latter half of 1912), were as follows :—
Stepney Green Dispensary
Whitechapel Dispensary
St. George's Dispensary
499
635
220
In the Whitechapel Dispensary, 635 cases were notified, but only 567 were
included in the list of those receiving treatment, and who were supposed to be
actually suffering from Pulmonary Tuberculosis. The remaining number includes
those who had died or had left the district. In addition to these, there were other
cases said to be actually suffering from Pulmonary Tuberculosis, but had not been
notified to us.
In the Stepney Green Dispensary 499 cases were notified and 517 received
treatment, the remaining 18 having probably been previously notified by general
practitioners.
The same thing occurred in St. George's, 236 patients actually suffering from
Consumption of the Lungs received treatment at the dispensary, although only 220
cases had been notified.
Of the 561 new cases notified from the three Tuberculosis Dispensaries in 1913,
124 had moved before the end of the year, leaving no address, and 40 had died.
With regard to the treatment of patients at the three dispensaries, the system
differs slightly.
At the Stepney Green Dispensary 517 cases were notified in 1913, but 859
patients were treated; 23 of these belonged to other boroughs. The attendance at
the dispensary varied, but lor the first few months the patient usually attended
once a week and then once a fortnight, according to symptoms.
At the Whitechapel Dispensary 815 received treatment, but 567 only were
notified; 36 lived in outlying boroughs.
Of the persons notified:—
126 attended regularly;
84 attended weekly;
8 attended twice a week ;
38 attended fortnightly;
3 attended monthly;
115 attended once only ;
193 attended irregularly.