Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1926 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Supervision of home conditions; visits paid by—
Tuberculosis Officer | 73 |
Dispensary Nurse | 1,140 |
Sanitary Inspectors | 7 |
The present arrangements for the Tuberculosis Dispensary are as follows:—
The Dispensary is at the University College Hospital, Gower Street, in the
Borough of St. Pancras.
The Dispensary covers the whole of the Borough of Holborn.
The Tuberculosis Officer attends three sessions each week, namely, Monday
and Wednesday afternoons and Thursday evenings.
The Dispensary Nurse assists at the Dispensary and visits cases in their
homes.
Summary of Notifications during the period from the 3rd January, 1926, to the 1st January, 1927, in the Metropolitan Borough of Holborn.
Age-periods. | Notifications on Form A. | Notifications on Form B. | Number of Notifications on Form C. | |||||||||||||||||
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Number of Primary Notifications. | Number of Primary Notifications. | Total Notifications on Form B. | Poor Law Institutions. | Sanatoria. | ||||||||||||||||
0 to 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 10. | 10 to 15. | 15 to 20. | 20 to 25. | 25 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 55. | 55 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | Total Primary Notifications. | Total Notifications on Form A. | Under 5. | 5 to 10. | 10 to 15. | Total Primary Notifications. | ||||
Pulmonary Males | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 6 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | ... | 31 | 43 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 27 | 35 |
,, Females | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 27 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 18 |
Non-pulmonary Males | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 9 | 11 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 |
,, Females | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 14 | 15 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 |
New cases of Tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the period from the 3rd January, 1926, to the 1st January, 1927, otherwise than by notification on Form A or Form B under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912.
Age-periods. | 0 to l | 1 to5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 and upwards. | Total Cases. |
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Pulmonary Males | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | 3 | ... | 8 |
„ Females | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 4 |
Non-pulmonary Males | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 |
,, Females | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |