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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

Wandsworth 1919

Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., of the Borough for the year1919

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 87

Table: TABLE LVII.PARTICULARS RELATING TO DISCHARGED SOLDIERS ATTENDING AT THE DISPENSARIES.

TABLE LVII.

PARTICULARS RELATING TO DISCHARGED SOLDIERS ATTENDING AT THE DISPENSARIES.

New Cases.Attendances.
Tuberculous1692,282
Non-Tuberculous56178
Totals2252,460

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482 visits were made by the Dispensary Nurses in connection with these
cases during the year.
These reports are required for the following reasons :—
(a) To determine whether or not the man is suffering
from tuberculosis, and if he is,
(b) whether the disease is attributable to, or aggravated
by, military service.
In many instances it is a matter of great difficulty to arrive
at a decision on these two points which shall be just, both to the
man, and to the State, which pays the pension.
(c) To determine the form of treatment most desirable
in the patient's interest.
(d) To assess the man's capacity for work and his
percentage disability for purposes of pension.