Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1920
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Insured. | Uninsured. | ||||
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Males. | Females | Children under 16. | Adults. | ||
Males. | females | ||||
1.(a) Number of persons examined for the first time during the above period at or in connection with the Dispensary | 145 | 78 | 553 | 15 | 128 |
(b) Number included under 1(a) who were found to be suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis | 31 | 23 | 21 | 19 | |
(c) Number included under 1(a) who were found to be suffering from non-pulmonary tuberculosis | 3 | 1 | 120 | 1 | 2 |
(d) Number included under 1(a) who were found to be non-tuberculous | 84 | 41 | 311 | 13 | 80 |
(e) Number included under 1(a) in whom the diagnosis was found to be doubtful | 27 | 13 | 101 | 1 | 27 |
Insured. | Un-insured | ||||
2.(a) Total attendances at the Dispensary [including attend-ances at the Dispensary of persons included under 1(a)] | 2233 | 6519 | |||
(b) Number of the above attendances at which systematic physical examinations and records were made | 526 | 1336 | |||
3. Number of visits to patients at their own homes by the Dispensary medical officers in connection with the super-vision of home conditions | 19 | 26 | |||
4. Number of visits to patients at their own homes by the Dispensary nurses in connection with the supervision of home conditions and " following up " | 1898 | 3064 | |||
5. Number of persons suffering from or suspected to be suffer-ing from tuberculosis referred to the Hospital to which the Dispensary is affiliated | |||||
6. Number of consultations with the— (a) Medical Adviser of the Insurance Committee | |||||
(b) Consulting Physicians at the Hospital to which the Dispensary is affiliated | - | ||||
(c) Practitioners at the homes of patients | 53 | 30 | |||
7. Number of written reports concerning individual patients made to— | |||||
(a) Public authorities | 343 | 190 | |||
(b) Practitioners | 15 | 15 | |||
8. Number of specimens of sputum examined | 142 | 66 |