Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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DISPENSARY FOR TREATMENT OF CONSUMPTION.
No. | Age. | Sex. | Occupation. | Reason of Visit | Result of Chest Examination, | Wh'th'r any Sputum | Result of Sputum Ex'm'nti'n | Result of Tuberculin Test | Tretment | Hestory of Infection. | Remarks |
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1 | 35 yrs. | M | Insurance Agent | Cough and Spit | Apices of b lungs affected | yes | Positive | No test | By Turberculin | Contact with a patient 20 years ago. | |
2 | 34 „ | F | — | Notified case | Apex of one lung affected | None | — | Positive | Not known | Married. | |
3 | 8 „ | F | _ | — | _ | ||||||
4 | 52 „ | M | P. H. Manager Retired | Cough and Spit | Long standing chronic lesions in both apices | Yes | Positive | No test | Contact with a patient 20 years ago. | ||
5 | 36 ,, | M | Clerk | Notified case . | Advanced lesions in both lungs | Private medical case | _ | ||||
6 | 20 ,, | F | Servant | Early lesion in one apex | None | Positive | Hshleft district | — | |||
7 | 14 „ | F | — | Lesion in one apex | Yes | Positive | No test | Attending special hospital | Parent. | All members of one family | |
8 | 8 „ | F | — | Contact | No physical signs | None | No reaction | - | - | ||
9 | 6 „ | M | — | Contact | — | — | - | ||||
10 | 6 ,, | F | _ | Contact | ,, | — | - | ||||
11 | 2 ,, | M | _ | Weak chest | — | — | - | ||||
12 | 5 ,, | M | _ | — | — | - | |||||
13 | 6 ,, | F | — | — | — | - | |||||
14 | 7 „ | M | — | Enlarged glands | — | Positive (due to glands) | — | - | |||
15 | 5 „ | F | — | — | — | - | |||||
16 | F | _ | Cough | — | No reaction | — | - | ||||
17 | 3 „ | F | — | Predisposition | — | — | - | ||||
18 | 4„ | M | — | Breathlessness | Severe Heart Disease | — | — | - | |||
19 | 3 ,, | F | — | Contact | No physical signs .. | — | — | - | |||
20 | 8 „ | F | — | Notified case | Early lesion in one apex | — | Positive | By Tuberculin | - | ||
21 | 42 ,, | M | Railway Worker | Apex of one lung affected | Positive | No test | - | ||||
22 | 46 „ | M | Tailor | Old standing lesions in both apices | Yes | Contact with a patient some years ago. |