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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 1916
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1916
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Nurses Visits.
| Nurses Visits. | |
| First Visits | 391 |
| Re—visits | 4064. |
| Patients Primarily Notified from Dispensary. | 4455. |
| Pulmonary | 78 |
| Other Forms | 41 |
| Sputum Examinations. | |
| Negative Results | 158 |
| Positive | 31 |
| 189 | |
Dispensary Patients referred elsewhere.
| Males. | Females. | Children | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanatorium | 6 | 3 | 12 | 21 |
| Infirmary | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Hospital | 1 | 6 | - | 7 |
| 8 | 12 | 14 | 34 |
Patients Discharged from Treatment.
| Much Improved. | Improved. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Males | |||
| Females | 3 | 19 | |
| Children | 51 | 57 | |
| 77 | 9 | 86 |
Suspected (Observation) Patients Discharged.
| Much Improved. | Improved. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Males | — | ||
| Females | 9 | ||
| Children | 9 | 29 | |
| 29 | 40 |
Suspected (Observation) Patients Disposed of Otherwise.
| Males. | Females. | Children. | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taken on as Patients Tuberculous | 13 | 45 | 64 | |
| Sent to Institution, Hospital, Convalescent Home | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
| Died (Intercurrent Disease) | - | 1 | 1 | |
| 7 | 15 | 52 | 74. |
These tables refer, of course, only to those observation patients who received treatment at the Dispensary, Deaths of Patients during 1916.
| Males. | Females. | Children. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Home | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Hospital | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Infirmary | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 5 |