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Hammersmith 1923

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1923

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I submit a report 011 the work carried out at the Tuberculosis
Dispensary.
Tuberculosis Officer's Report for 1923.
The notifications of fresh cases of all forms of Tuberculosis
in the Borough during the year 1923 numbered 274, a decrease
of 20 as compared with 1922.

Table: The deaths numbered 145, which is just below the average for the three previous years. The decline during the past eight years is shewn in the following figures :—

The deaths numbered 145, which is just below the average for the three previous years. The decline during the past eight years is shewn in the following figures :—

Year.Deaths.Notifications.
1915234433
1916210340
1917230417
1918230374
1919170365
1920157359
1921173347
1922162294
1923145274

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New Patients.
During the year 590 patients attended at the Tuberculosis
Dispensary for examination for the first time. Of these, 189
were under the age of 15 and 401 were adults.
Males comprised 267, females 323.
Diagnosis.
Found to have Pulmonary Tuberculosis . 141
Found to have other forms of Tuberculosis 36
Shewing no evidence of Tuberculosis 413
Total Attendances and Examinations.
The total attendances of persons for purposes of examination,
observation and treatment, numbered 3,688.