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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

Shoreditch 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: The new cases, classified according to the diagnosis, give the following figures:—

The new cases, classified according to the diagnosis, give the following figures:—

Tubercular.Suspects.Not Tubercular.Total.
"Contacts"3299174305
Other new cases10014439283
Totals132243213588

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Tuberculous cases and suspects 63.8 per cent.
Non-tuberculous cases 36.2 „
Deaths during the year 1914 of patients who have attended
the Tuberculosis Dispensary 48

Table: The attendances each month were as follows:—

The attendances each month were as follows:—

Month.New Cases.Attendances.
January46302
February45288
March68314
April42262
May64268
June57293
July42272
August25225
September34237
October55404
November50450
December60473
5883,806

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I am,
Yours faithfully,
ARMAR J. McFARLAND,
M.D. (Dubl.), D.P.H. (Oxford)
Acting Tuberculosis Officer.