Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney for the year 1920
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"Infection is frequently disseminated by persons suffering from
advanced pulmonary tuberculosis who are in the habit of entering
and leaving Poor Law Institutions, having regard merely to their
own convenience, and not to the interests of their family or of
the community in which they live."
DAY 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 value to the tuberculosis service. The number of
children on the register is now 83, as compared with 35 at the
end of 1919. Dr. Howell, Tuberculosis Officer to the City of
London Hospital Tuberculosis Dispensary is responsible for the
medical care of the children, and visits the School once weekly.
CITY OF LONDON HOSPITAL TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY.
(Dr. Howell.)
HACKNEY CASES TREATED.
Males | 437 |
Females | 448 |
Total | 885 |
2.—
Total. | Tuberculous. | |
---|---|---|
Medical Officer of Health | 176 | 92 |
Local Practitioners | 131 | 56 |
London War Pensions Committee | 45 | 16 |
Contact cases | 435 | 18 |
London Insurance Committee | 31 | 18 |
London County Council | 22 | 9 |
Victoria Park Hospital | 22 | 20 |
Other sources | 23 | 14 |