Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1916
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Number of Attendances at Dispensary.
1. Insured | 852 |
2. Uninsured | 5,954 |
Total | 6,806 |
Doctor's home visits | 1,079 |
Nurses' ,, | 2,828 |
Persons specially examined as Contacts | 303 |
Number of these found tuberculous | 24 |
Contacts who became patients during the year | 207 |
Insured patients examined for purposes (sanatorium treatment, etc.) of London Insurance Committee | 100 |
Uninsured patients recommended for sanatorium treatment to London County Council | 62 |
Patients sent to Infirmary | 55 |
Referred to Invalid Children's Aid Association | 19 |
,, „ Charity Organization Committee | 40 |
„ ,, Children's Country Holidays Fund | 34 |
Patients who had Tuberculin treatment | 16 |
Patients who had cutaneous Tuberculin tests | 344 |
Institutional Treatment.—Under the tuberculosis
scheme of the London County Council the following
patients were sent to sanatoria or hospitals during the
year:—
Males. Females.
Patients under 16 years of age 13 21
Patients over 16 years of age 8 18
21 39
62 residents in Fulham (40 men and 22 women) received
treatment in sanatoria as patients of the London Insurance
Committee.
Tuberculosis Care Committee.—In accordance
with the scheme approved by the London County
Council an Interim Tuberculosis Care Committee has
been formed composed of representatives of the Borough
Council, the Dispensary Committee, the School Medical
Service, and the various local agencies engaged in