[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch].

  • Shoreditch (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1939]
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    74 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 Dispen sary 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 Dispen sary 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 Regis ter 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 Dis pensary (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 pur poses 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 re stored 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.
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