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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
Greenwich 1919
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1919
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| Pulmonary | 121 | |||
| Other Forms | 123 | |||
| Sputum Examination. | 244 | |||
| Negative Results | 92 | |||
| Positive „ | 53 | |||
| Number of Examinations | 145 | |||
| Dispensary Patients referred elsewhere. | ||||
| Males. | Females. | Children. | Total. | |
| Sanatorium | 22 | 13 | 11 | 46 |
| Infirmary | 3 | 3 | — | 6 |
| Hospital | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Doctors | 5 | 9 | — | 14 |
| 32 | 26 | 14 | 72 | |
| Suspected (Observation) Patients Discharged. Much Improved. Improved. | Total. | |||
| Males | ... | 13 | — | 13 |
| Females | ... | 23 | — | 23 |
| Children | ... | 127 | — | 127 |
| 163 | — | 163 | ||
| Suspected (observation) Patients disposed of otherwise. | ||||
| Males. | Females. | Children. | Total. | |
| Taken on as Patients (Tuberculous) | — | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| Sent to Institution (Hospital Convalescent Home) | 2 | 2 | — | 4 |
| Deaths | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Left District | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | |
| Deaths of Patients during 1919. | Males. | Females. | Children. | Total. |
| At Home | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| Infirmary | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | 12 | |
| G. H. Dart, Tuberculosis Officer | ||||