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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 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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SECTION IV.
TUBERCULOSIS WORK.
General Survey of Cases dealt with through the Dispensary
and work done in connection with them.
Table showing origin of Cases seen at the Dispensary for the first
time in 1919.
| Cause of person attending Dispensary. | Insured. | Uninsured* | Grand Total. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men. | Women | Child'n | Total. | Men. | Women | Child'd | Total. | ||
| (1) Referred by local doctors or hospital for diagnosis, treatment or | 98 | ... | 151 | 11 | 73 | 77 | 161 | 312 | |
| (2) Ditto ditto by School Medical Officers & from Infant Clinics | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 100 | 105 | 105 |
| (3) Ditto ditto from other, chiefly charitable, sources | 6 | 10 | ... | 16 | 3 | 11 | 38 | 52 | 68 |
| (4) Seen as " Contacts" | 7 | 3 | ... | 10 | I | 11 | 61 | 73 | 83 |
| (5) Army Medical Boards | 63 | ... | ... | 63 | 5 | ... | ... | 5 | 68 |
| 174 | 66 | ... | 240 | 20 | 100 | 276 | 396 | 636 | |
* This includes dependents of insured persons
Table showing the way in which new cases were dealt with
in 1919.
| Insured. | Uninsured- | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men. | Women | Child'n | Total. | Men. | Women | Child'n | Total. | Grand Total | |
| (1) Diagnosed as tuberculous : | |||||||||
| 129 | 51 | ... | 180 | 6 | 31 | 59 | 96 | 276 | |
| 4 | 2 | ... | 6 | 4 | 26 | 12 | 42 | 48 | |
| (2) Diagnosis not settled-Kept under observation | 21 | 5 | ... | 26 | 8 | 41 | 162 | 211 | 237 |
| (3) Diagnosed not tuberculous | 20 | 8 | ... | 28 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 47 | 75 |
| 174 | 66 | ... | 240 | 20 | 100 | 276 | 396 | 636 | |