London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Greenwich 1911
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1911
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Authority provided portable open-air shelters or tents, and
also up to the present neither this Council nor any private
body have provided dispensary treatment for Tuberculosis
in this district.
The following table shows the number and character of the notifications received under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1908:—
| 1st Notification. | 2nd Notification. | 3rd Notification. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. B. C. | A. B. C. | A. B. C. | |
| 1 14 6 = 21 | 4 0 0 = 4 | ... | 25 |
| "2nd Quarter. | |||
| 1st Notification. | 2nd Notification. | 3rd Notification. | Total. |
| 6 14 1 = 21 | 3 2 0 = 5 | ... | 26 |
| 3rd Quarter. | |||
| 10 11 3 = 24 | 1=1 | ... | 25 |
| 4th Quarter. | |||
| 13 10 1=24 | 2 5 1=8 | - 1 - = 1 | 33 |
| Total for Year. | |||
| 30 49 11 = 90 | 10 7 1 = 18 | 0 10 = 1 | 109 |
A. Indicates notifications by Medical Officers of Poor Law Institutions.
B. Indicates notifications by District Medical Officers.
C. Indicates notifications of patients' changes of address made by Superintendents
of Poor Law Institutions,
From which it will be seen that during the year there
were a total of 79 patients notified, 30 of them being already
in Poor Law Institutions, and 49 being patients outside such
Institutions, concerning which patients we received 11
intimations of change of addresses, a further 17 second
notifications from other Poor Law Medical Practitioners, 1
third notification, 1 fourth notification, and 1 fifth notification,
whilst 1 second notification of change of address was
also received.