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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 1913
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1913
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Two hundred and sixty-six specimens were forwarded by
Medical Practitioners for bacteriological investigation from
patients suspected to be consumptive; 176 were reported to be
negative and 90 positive.
Disinfection has been offered and carried out in 86 cases, including
105 rooms and 253 articles of bedding, etc.; disinfectant
has also been supplied to patients to disinfect sputum, etc., and
sputum pots where such are found necessary.
The following table shows the number and character of the
notifications received under the Public Health (Tuberculosis)
Regulations, 1908, which were in force during January only of
this year, after which date they were superseded entirely by the.
Public Health Tuberculosis Regulations, 1912, which require in
future that all cases of Tuberculosis, whether Pulmonary or Nonpulmonary,
should be notified: —
1st Quarter (January only).
| 1st Notification. | 2nd Notification. | 3rd Notification. | Total. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. | B. | C. | A. | B. | C. | A. | B. | C. | |
| 11 | 3, | 1 = 15 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15 |
| 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 month there have
been 15 patients notified, 11 of them being already in Poor Law
Institutions, and 3 being patients outside such Institutions, concerning
which patients we received 1 intimation of change of
address.
Much time and thought have been devoted, both by the Public
Health Committee and the Officers, towards the preparation of a
suitable scheme for dealing with the whole question of Tuberculosis
in this Borough, and it may be opportune at this stage to
place on record a brief resume of the position, showing the changes
in its material features from time to time. After the Council had