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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

Hackney 1922

Report on the sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney for the year 1922

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Table: 5.—Sputum Examinations of Insured and Uninsured Patients.

5.—Sputum Examinations of Insured and Uninsured Patients.

Insured.Uninsured.Total.
Tubercle Bacilli present11937156
Tubercle Bacilli absent409143552

Table: 6.— Other Figures.

6.— Other Figures.

Insured.Uninsured.
Total number of attendances2,4543,298
Systematic examinations at the above1,3451,246
Number of letters written1,894
Number of visits to patients at their homes126
Number of patients sent to hospital or sanatorium8830
Number of patients referred to:—
X-ray Department355
Other Departments3253

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METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL TUBERCULOSIS
DISPENSARY.
(Dr. Young.)
HACKNEY CASES TREATED.
1.—The Totals of New Cases.
Males 182
Females 165
Total 349