London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wandsworth 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
This page requires JavaScript
Tuberculosis Dispensaries. 55
Table XXVIII. gives further details of the work carried
out during the year.
TABLE XXVIII.
| 1. | Number of patients transferred from other areas and "lost sight of " cases returned | 39 |
| 2. | Number of patients transferred to other areas and cases "lost sight of " | 75 |
| 3. | Died during the year | 158 |
| 4. | Number of observation cases in which period of observation exceeded 2 months | 42 |
| 5. | Number of attendances at the dispensaries | 5432 |
| 6. | Total number of reports, etc., made in connection with the dispensaries | 5505 |
| 7. | Number of attendances at General Hospitals or Institutions of patients for:— | |
| (a.) Light treatment | 541 | |
| (b.) Other special forms of treatment | 193 | |
| 8. | Number of patients to whom Dental Treatment was given in connection with the Dispenary | 44 |
| 9. | Number of consultations with Medical Practitioners:— | |
| (a.) At homes of applicants | 94 | |
| (b.) Otherwise | 1098 | |
| 10. | Number of other visits by Tuberculosis Officers at homes | 234 |
| 11. | Number of visits by Health Visitors or Nurses to homes for dispensary purposes | 4884 |
| 12. | Number of:— | |
| (a.) Specimens of Sputum, etc., examined | 1970 | |
| lb.) X-ray examinations made in connection with dispensary work | 39 |
The number of patients who received institutional treatment under the London County Council's Tuberculosis Scheme during 1928 was as follows:—
| (a.) In Hospitals for observation | 48 |
| (b.) In Sanatoria | 389 |
| (c.) In Hospitals for Advanced Cases | 6 |
| Total | 443 |
The above figures do not include patients treated either
in private or in poor law institutions.
As in former years great difficulty was experienced in
arranging for the institutional treatment of advanced cases.