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Southwark 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 50.
Return for the year 1934.
(A) Return showing the work of the Dispensary (or Dispensaries).
| Diagnosis. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonaby | Total. | Grand Total. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults | Children | Adults | Chi | Idren | Adults | Children | ||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |||
| A.—New Casks examined during the year (excluding contacts):— | ||||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous .. | 116 | 67 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 126 | 73 | 15 | 8 | 222 | |
| 13 | 11 | 5 | 5 | — | 2 | 3 | — | 13 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 39 | ||
| (e) Non-tuberculous | 37 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 38 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 88 | |
| b.—Contacts examined during the year:— | ||||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous .. | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 18 | |
| (ft) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | 68 | 99 | 67 | 85 | — | — | — | — | 68 | 99 | 67 | 85 | 319 | |
| C.—Cases written off the Dispensary Register as:— | ||||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 19 | |
| (ft) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous) .. | 105 | 134 | 76 | 89 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 106 | 136 | 79 | 89 | 410 | ||
| D.—Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st:— | ||||||||||||||
| 292 13 | 186 11 | 16 8 | 20 7 | 26 | 36 2 | 31 4 | 34 1 | 318 13 | 222 13 | 47 12 | 54 8 | 641 46 | ||
| 1. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st | 627 | 2. Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years | 57 | |||||||||||
| 3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assistance under the scheme, and cases "lost sight of" ........ | 150 | 4. Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes) .. | 111 | |||||||||||
| 5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts) .. | 3130 | 6. Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st December | 70 | |||||||||||
| 7. Number of consultations with medical practitioners:— (a) Personal (ft) Other | 41 212 | 8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to homes (including personal consultations) 1 | 346 | |||||||||||
| 9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to homes for Dispensary purposes | 3430 | 10. Number of: — (a) Specimens of sputum, etc., examined (b) X-ray examinations made in connection with Dispensary work. | 550 103 | |||||||||||
| 11. Number of "Recovered" cases restored to Dispensary Register, and included in A (a) and A (b) above | 4 | 12. Number of "T.B. plus" cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st.. | 332 | |||||||||||