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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
Wandsworth 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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50 Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1937.
Table XXV. gives further details of the work carried out
during the year.
TABLE XXV.
| 1. | Number of patients transferred from other areas and " lost sight of " cases returned | 113 |
| 2. | Number of patients transferred to other areas and cases " lost sight of " | 171 |
| 3. | Died during the year | 155 |
| 4. | Number of cases recovered | 59 |
| 5. | Number of observation cases in which a period of observation exceeded two months | 43 |
| 6. | Number of attendances at the Dispensaries | 4870 |
| 7. | Total number of reports, etc., made in connection with the Dispensaries | 4929 |
| 8. | Number of attendances at General Hospitals or Institutions of patients for:- | |
| (a) Light treatment | 285 | |
| (b) Other special forms of treatment | 1809 | |
| 9. | Number of patients to whom Dental Treatment was given in connection with the Dispensary | 34 |
| 10. | Number of Personal Consultations with Medical Practitioners— | |
| (a) At Homes of Patients ... | 239 | |
| (b) Otherwise | 1446 | |
| 11. | Number of other visits by Tuberculosis Officers to Homes | 421 |
| 12. | Number of visits by Health Visitors or Nurses to homes for Dispensary purposes | 5644 |
| 13. | Number of— | |
| (a) Specimens of Sputum, etc., examined | 1523 | |
| (6) X-ray examinations made in connection with Dispensary work | 258 | |
The number of patients who received institutional treatment
under the London County Council's Tuberculosis Scheme
during 1937 was as follows :—
(a.) In Hospitals for observation 23
(b.) In Sanatoria 435
(c.) In L.C.C. General Hospitals 51
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In addition to these many other patients received treatment
in private or general hospitals.