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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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TABLE II.
CLASSIFICATION AND DETAILED STATISTICS OF ATTENDANCES, E TC.
| Insured Persons Male | Insured Persons Female | Uninsured Persons Male | Uninsured Persons Female | Contacts | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | ||||||||
| I. | U. | I. | U. | ||||||
| New patients attending | 56 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 31 | 11 | 33 | 181 |
| Attendances of old patients | 466 | 205 | 251 | 188 | 2 | 48 | 8 | 53 | 1,221 |
| Patients visited in their homes | 6 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 5 3 (new (old) |
| Specimens of Sputa examined | 37 | 17 | 11 | 3 | — | — | 2 | — | 70 |
THE FOLLOWING IS THE STATEMENT OF THE
TUBERCULOSIS MEDICAL OFFICER FOR THE YEAR 1919
January 19th, 1920.
To the Committee of Management,
Metropolitan Hospital Tuberculosis Dispensary.
Gentlemen,
I beg to present the Report for the year 1919, the fifth since
the. Dispensary opened.
I commenced my duties on the 1st November, immediately
after you did me the honour of appointing me as Medical Tuberculosis
Officer, and in view of my short period of office, my observations
on the work done during the year are limited, and I must
leave the figures given in the appended tables to speak for themselves.
I have formed the opinion, however, during my short experience of