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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
Edmonton 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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Scholars. Eight children were notified by the School Medical Inspector
during the year, as suffering from tuberculosis, two from pulmonary tuberculosis
and the rest from other forms of tubercle.
LOCALITY OF TUBERCLE, OTHER THAN PULMONARY.
| M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brain [M. 5 months; F. 8] | 1 | 1 | Rib [M. 20] | 1 | – |
| Meningitis [F. 11/12, 1 9/12,2] | – | 3 | Intestine [M. 8 months] | 1 | – |
| Lupus face [M. 9; F. 12, 41] | 1 | 2 | Peritoneum & intestine [M. 1 6/12] | 1 | – |
| Lupus face and limbs [M. 20] | 1 | 0 | Peritoneum [M. 3; F. 3, 6] | 1 | 2 |
| Neck glands [M. 3, 6, 6, 7, 7, 9, 11, 11, 12, 12, 13, 24, 37; F. 5, 8, 8, 8, 11, 12, 14, 14] | 13 | 8 | Abdomen [M. 3, 4] | 2 | – |
| Mesenteric glands [F. 2] | – | 1 | |||
| Glands & lumbar abscess [F. 7] | – | 1 | |||
| Neck, groin and hip [M. 16] | 1 | – | Hip [M. 3, 7, 17, 46; F. 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 22] | 4 | 6 |
| Spine [M. 5. 8, 31: F. 5, 6,10, 15] | 3 | 4 | |||
| Knee [M. 8, 10, [4, 17; F. 8, 38] | 4 | 2 | |||
| Larynx [M. 43, 62] | 2 | – | |||
| Axillary glands [F. 44] | – | 1 | General [M. 15] | 1 | — |
| Elbow [M. 42] | 1 | – | Glands [F. 7, 13] | – | 2 |
| Forearm and thigh [M. 7] | 1 | – | 40 | 35 | |
| Wrist [F. 21, 22] | – | 2 | |||
| Pleura and glands [M. 44] | 1 | – |
THE ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL OF TUBERCULOSIS.
INSURANCE COMMITTEE.
The Insurance Committees are central authorities set up in counties and
county boroughs by the National Insurance Act 1911, which are to consist of
between 40 and 80 members. Middlesex Insurance Committee has 70 members
as follows:—
Three-fifths, or 42, representing insured persons resident in the County.
One-fifth, or 14, of whom two are women, appointed by the County
Council.
Two members appointed by the medical practitioners resident in the
County.
Two medical practitioners appointed by the County Council.
Ten members appointed by the Insurance Commissioners.