Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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50 Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1935.
Table XXVI gives further details of the work carried out during the year.
TABLE XXVI.
1. Number of patients transferred from other areas and " lost sight of " cases returned | 106 |
2. Number of patients transferred to other areas and cases " lost sight of " | 200 |
3. Died during the year | 163 |
4. Number of cases recovered | 79 |
5. Number of observation cases in which a period of observation exceeded two months | 26 |
6. Number of attendances at the Dispensaries | 4933 |
7. Total number of reports, etc., made in connection with the Dispensaries | 4999 |
8. Number of attendances at General Hospitals or Institutions of patients for— | 249 |
1190 | |
9. Number of patients to whom Dental Treatment was given in connection with the Dispensary | 18 |
10. Number of Personal Consultations with Medical Practitioners-fa) At Homes of Patients | 274 |
1471 | |
11. Number of other visits by Tuberculosis Officers to Homes | 312 |
12. Number of visits by Health Visitors or Nurses to homes for Dispensary purposes | 4238 |
13. Number of— | 1367 |
224 |
The number of patients who received institutional treatment under the London County Council's Tuberculosis Scheme during 1935 was as follows :—
38 | |
449 | |
(c). In Hospitals for Advanced Cases | 4 |
491 | |
In addition to these many other patients received treatment
in private or general hospitals.