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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 1936

[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 1936 by the Council's Tuberculosis Visitors:—

Visits by Tuberculosis Visitors.—The following are particulars of the home visits paid in 1936 by the Council's Tuberculosis Visitors:—

New Cases.Contacts.Other Persons.Total.Insured.Non-insured.
Miss Servante150158179521031204899
Miss Clarke and Miss Hamilton160138209823961403993
Totals3102963893449926071892

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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
1933....
193415
193549
193611
Total48153

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In no case has it been necessary to secure a magistrate's order
for compulsory removal, but it has been possible to secure improvement
in the home conditions of patients by making reference to
the powers for 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 two.
Supply of Beds and Bedding.—Beds and bedding were loaned
to five patients during 1936 to enable them to sleep alone. The
number on loan at the end of the year was ten.