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Stoke Newington 1919
Report of the Medical Officer of Health and Public Analyst for the year 1919
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THE WORK OF THE TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY IN
1919 IN REFERENCE TO STOKE NEWINGTON.
The following facts show the work done in connection with
the Dispensary, so far as Stoke Newington is concerned, during
the year 1919. The figures in the particulars recorded compare
favourably with those of the preceding year. (Vide my
annual report for 1918.)
The number of attendances of Stoke Newington patients were
1402 during 1919, as compared with 1356 during 1918. The total
number of contact cases examined at the Dispensary was 366, out
of which Stoke Newington contributed 82.
TABLE I.
RETURN SHEWING THE RESULTS OF THE EXAMINATION OF PERSONS SENT TO THE DISPENSARY.
| Original Cases found Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 71 | |
| Contact „ „ „ „ | 4 | |
| 75 | ||
| Original „ „ Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 11 | |
| Contact „ „ „ „ | 2 | |
| 13 | ||
| Original „ „ Doubtful | 12 | |
| Contact „ „ „ | 7 | |
| 19 | ||
| Original „ „ Non-Tubercular | 10 | |
| Contact „ „ „ | 69 | |
| 79 | ||
| Total of new cases | 186 | |