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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

Croydon 1917

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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59
TUBERCULOSIS WORK.
General Survey of Cases dealt with through the Dispensary
and work done in connection with them.

Table: TABLE T.2.Table showing origin of Cases seen at the Dispensary for the firsttime in 1917.

TABLE T.2.

Table showing origin of Cases seen at the Dispensary for the first

time in 1917.

Cause of person attending Dispensary.Insured.Uninsured.*Grand Total.
Men.WomenChild'nTotal.Men.WomenChild'nTotal.
(I) Referred by local doctors or hospital for diagnosis, treatment or advice†13567...202227477173375
(2) Ditto ditto by School Medical Officers..................123123123
(3) Ditto ditto from other, chiefly charitable, sources‡86...1493671116130
(4) Seen as " Contacts"57...1212476101113
(5) Army Medical Boards119......11955......55174
26780...34787134347568915

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* This includes dependents of insured persons

Table: TABLE T. 3.Table showing the way in which new cases were dealt within 1917.

TABLE T. 3.

Table showing the way in which new cases were dealt within 1917.

Insured.Uninsured.Grand Total
Men.WomenChild'nTotal.Men.WomenChild'nTotal.
(1) Diagnosed as tuberculous :
(a) Treated through the Dispensay12655...181216099180361
(b) Treated elsewhere628...7045162182152
(2) Diagnosis not settled-Kept under observation475...521529156200252
(3) Diagnosed not tuberculous3212...4462971106150
26780...34787134347568915