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SHOREDITCH TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY.
REPORT FOR 1923.
By
A. J. McFarland, M.D., D.P.H., Tuberculosis Officer.
To the Medical Officer of Health, Town Hall, Shoreditch.
Sir,
I have much pleasure in submitting my report for the year 1923.
The total number of attendances during the year was 6,390, and the number
of persons attending the Dispensary was 1,346 ; of these 570 were suffering from
some form of Tuberculosis.
New persons examined for the first time numbered 716, and 163 were found
to be tuberculous ; many of these have been sent to Residential Institutions.
The Local War Pensions Authority continue to send a large number of pensioners
for examination and reports, 600 examinations were made, and the same number
of reports sent to the various War Pensions Authorities.
During the year, 180 persons were recommended to the London County Council
for Residential treatment. The great majority of these were eventually sent either
to Hospital or Sanatorium.
The staff of my Department have been of the greatest assistance to me, and
have carried out their duties to my satisfaction.