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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
Hackney 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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The sources through which the new cases were sent to Dispensaries were:—
| Source. | Dispensary at | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Hospital. | City of London Hospital | |||
| Total No. | No. found to be tuberculous. | Total No. | No. found to be tuberculous. | |
| Medical Officer of Health | 132 | 72 | 307 | 30 |
| Local Practitioners | 139 | 38 | 186 | 52 |
| War Pensions Committee | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
| Contacts of Notified Cases (Tuberculosis Visitors) | 257 | 5 | 239 | 2 |
| Metropolitan Hospital | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| London County Council | .. | .. | 12 | 2 |
| City of London Hospital | 5 | 5 | 9 | 9 |
| Other sources | 7 | 4 | 60 | 49 |
| Totals | 545 | 125 | 816 | 146 |
The diagnoses made in regard to the new cases examined at the Dispensaries during the year were as follow:—
| Diagnosis. | Dispensary at | Totals. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Hospital. | City of London Hospital | ||||||||
| Adults. | Children under 15. | Adults. | Children under 15. | ||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 56 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 65 | 58 | 2 | 2 | 231 |
| Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 40 |
| Non-tuberculous | 106 | 151 | 87 | 74 | 160 | 190 | 150 | 151 | 1,069 |
| Doubtful | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 21 |
| Totals | 170 | 194 | 99 | 82 | 231 | 265 | 160 | 160 | 1,361 |
Examination of Home Contacts.— The number of persons
living in contact with the 388 cases of tuberculosis which came to
notice for the first time during the year was 924 (2.4 contacts per
patient). Of this number of contacts 517, or 55.9 per cent., were