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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
Hampstead 1923
Report for the year 1923 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Of the new cases notified in 1923:—
| Pulmonary. | Nonpulmonary. | |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | were dead or dying at time of notification. |
| 3 | 7 | were patients in hospitals. |
| 2 | — | „ sanatoria. |
| 5 | 1 | infirmaries. |
| 2 | 1 | „ institutions. |
| 6 | – | removed from Hampstead almost immediately after notification. |
| 5 | 3 | were out-patients of hospitals. |
| 14 | 7 | were attended by private doctors only. |
| 46 | 12 | attended the dispensary. |
| 88 | 36 |
The deaths of non-notified cases of Tuberculosis numbered 6, and
the total tuberculosis deaths 58; the ratio of non-notified tuberculosis
deaths to total tuberculosis deaths being 1 in 9.
It is imperative that the advanced and highly infectious case
should be removed from its close association with other people, and
an institution for such cases is still a much-needed provision.
An open-air school for delicate md suspected children is also very
much needed. Every child, who is under observation by the
Tuberculosis Medical Officer as a "suspect," should be sent to such
a school until the suspicion is removed or the reason for the delicacy
ascertained.