Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1914 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Report on the work of the Hampstead Municipal Tuberculosis Dispensary
from 1st January to 31st December, 1914.
During the year 455 persons have applied for treatment, and of
these 73 were found to be tuberculous and were dealt with at the
dispensary as their circumstances demanded.
Table I. shows the number of applications for each individual
month, and indicates the proportion of insured persons under the
National Insurance Act who applied for treatment, and the number of
these who were found to be tuberculous.
Table I. Total Number of Applications made during year 1914.
Month. | Tuberculous. | Non-Tuberculous. | Totals. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Insured. | Non-Insured. | Total. | Insured. | Non-Insured. | Total. | Insured. | Non-Insured. | Totals. | |
January | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 35 | 39 | 7 | 41 | 148 |
February | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 34 | 6 | 34 | 40 |
March | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 44 | 50 | 11 | 50 | 61 |
April | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 22 |
May | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 38 | 15 | 30 | 45 |
June | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 39 | 47 | 12 | 44 | 56 |
July | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 6 | 22 | 28 |
August | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 17 | 21 |
September | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | 62 | 62 | 2 | 63 | 65 |
October | 4 | 1 | 5 | — | 23 | 23 | 4 | 24 | 28 |
November | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 5 | 20 | 25 |
December | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 16 |
Totals | 40 | 33 | 73 | 46 | 336 | 382 | 86 | 369 | 455 |