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4. The number recorded of Dispensary patients who
died during the year 1922 89
5. The number of patients discharged as cured in the
year 1922 32
6. The number of patients recorded as having ceased to
attend during 1922 118
7. The number of patients who moved out of the district
in the year 1922 and were transferred to the Borough
or County Medical Officers of Health of the districts
to which they had moved 53
Bacteriological examinations. of sputum numbered 925. In
236 cases (25.5 per cent.) the Tubercle Bacillus was found to be
present. Repeated sputum examinations in doubtful cases is of
very great value and many more examinations are now carried
out at the Dispensary than was formerly the case. The number of
sputum examinations carried out for general practitioners during
the nine months from April to December was 98. The number of
examinations made for St. James's Hospital during the same
period was 142.
1,205 Reports were sent to public bodies during the year.
Reports to and Consultations with Practitioners.
During the year consultations with practitioners at the homes
of their patients, and reports to practitioners who sent patients
to the Dispensary for advice numbered 625.
During the year, 135 patients were sent away to Institutions
under the Council's Tuberculosis Scheme. Of those, 98 were
insured and 37 non.insured.
197 Patients were referred to Hospitals. 169 of these were
patients in whom the diagnosis was doubtful and who were referred
to St. Thomas's Hospital for X.ray examinations.
The 624 new patients were recommended to attend the
Dispensary by:—
Practitioners 299
Came of their own accord 89
"Contacts" 60
Ministry of Pensions 53
Bacteriological Examinations.
Reports on Patients.
Institutional Treatment.
Referred to Hospitals