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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hampstead 1919
Report for the year 1919 of the Medical Officer of Health
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| Insured. | Non-insured. | Totals. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2. | (o) Total attendances at the Dispensary (including attendances at the Dispensary of persons included under 1 (a) | 537 | 1006 | 1543 |
| (6) Number of the above attendances at which systematic physical examinations and records were made | 345 | 438 | 783 | |
| 3. | Number of visits to patients at their own homes by the Dispensary Medical Officer in connection with the supervision of home conditions | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 4. | Number of visits to patients at their own homes by the Dispensary Nurse in connection with the supervision of home conditions and " following «P" | 87 | 117 | 204 |
| *5. | Number of persons suffering from or suspected to be suffering from Tuberculosis referred to the Hospital to which the Dispensary is affiliated | 10 | 9 | 19 |
| 6. | N umber of consultations with the— (a) Medical Adviser of the Insurance Committee | |||
| (b) Consulting Physicians at the Hospital to which the Dispensary is affiliated ... | 10 | 9 | 19 | |
| (c) Practitioners at the homes of patients | 11 | _ | 11 | |
| 7. | Number of written reports concerning individual patients made to— | |||
| (a) Public Authorities | 126 | 32 | 158 | |
| (&) Practitioners | 18 | 12 | 30 | |
| 8. | Number of specimens of sputum examined | 62 | 121 | 186 |
* In addition, 9 persona suffering from, or suspected to be suffering from, diseases
other than Tuberculosis were referred to the Hospital to which the Dispensary
is affiliated.
The work of the Tuberculosis Clinic during the past year is
summarised in the preceding figures. As I personally am only
responsible for the last two months of the year, I am unable to make
any considerable remarks on the work done during the year. I found
the difficulties of taking over the Clinic were much simplified by the
Careful and methodical way in which the work had been conducted by
Dr. Crookshank and Dr. Archibald in the interregnum; and, as far as
one is able to judge, the Clinic as a whole has run as smoothly and
efficiently as is possible.
During the last few years tbe civilian figures of the treated and
examined cases have been much altered by the cases submitted for
examination by the National Service Boards for an opinion, and since
the Armistice by the cases of Tuberculosis or suspects submitted by the
War Pensions Committee, this is now a gradually reducing figure, and
the next year will be of interest as giving a better idea of the ante and
post-war incidence of the disease.