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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 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: Visits by Tuberculosis Visitors.—The following are particulars of the home visits paid in 1932 by the Council's Tuberculosis Visitors :—

Visits by Tuberculosis Visitors.—The following are particulars of the home visits paid in 1932 by the Council's Tuberculosis Visitors :—

New Cases.Contacts.Sailors and Soldiers.Other Persons.Total.Insured.Non-insured.
Miss Servante15516257178021541294860
Miss Clarke20516764174721831364819
Totals3603291213527433726581679

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Hackney Borough Council Act, 1926.—Section 54 of this Act,
which differs in important details from Section 28 of the London
County Council (General Powers) Act, 1928, enables the Council
to secure the compulsory removal to a suitable institution of any
person suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis who is in an infectious
state and living under such conditions as to cause risk of infection
to other persons.

Table: The number of patients who have received residential treatment under the Act in each year since 1926 is as follows:—

The number of patients who have received residential treatment under the Act in each year since 1926 is as follows:—

Year.No. of Patients.No. of Contacts.
192636
1927929
19281031
1929625
1930721
1931514
1932212
Total42138

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In no case has it been necessary to secure a magistrate's order
for compulsory removal.
It has been possible to secure improvement in the home
conditions of other patients by making reference to the powers of
removal contained in the Act.
Provision of Shelters for Home Isolation.—Upon the recommendation
of the Tuberculosis Officers shelters are loaned and
erected in the gardens of patients' homes in order to facilitate home
isolation. The number on loan at the end of the year was three.
Bay Sanatorium (Open Air School) for Tuberculous Children.
—The work of the Stormont House School, which was opened by
the London County Council on 8th September, 1919, is of increasing