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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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Table: TABLE T.6.Table showing details of Medical Examinations made by the Medical Officer to the TuberculosisDispensary, 1917.

TABLE T.6.

Table showing details of Medical Examinations made by the Medical Officer to the Tuberculosis

Dispensary, 1917.

Period. 1917.Total Medical Examinations made.Grand Total.New Cases Examined.
At the Dispensary.Patients Houses.
Insured.Non-Insured.Total.Insured.Non-Insured.Total.Insured.Non-Insured.Total.
Jan. 1st to March 31st43313791812163046185859139198
April 1st to June 30th510155220622140612123102155257
July 1st to Sept. 30th50614331939102232197160112172
Oct. 1st to Dec. 31st46412741738212243178154116170
Totals191356387551681141827733275522797

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Note.—In addition to the medical examinations shown in this table the Medical Officer also visited and examined the tuberculous
patients at the Borough Hospital twice weekly throughout the year.
[The average number of examinations made per day (including visits) was 27 2, and the average number of new cases seen
per day was 2.8|.