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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
Bethnal Green 1925
[Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1925]
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Details of Cases removed from Tuberculosis Register during the year 1925.
| Pulmonary | non-pulmonary | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Males | Females | ||
| Deaths | 87 | 53 | 10 | 7 | 157 |
| Patients removed from Borough | 34 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 64 |
| Patients who have been lost trace of for several years | 65 | 33 | 17 | 16 | 131 |
| Patients notified as inmates of Workhouse or Common Lodging Houses, lost trace of | 21 | – | – | – | 21 |
| Patients notified as "homeless," presumed now to have left district | 6 | – | – | – | 6 |
| Romoved from Register with consent of notifying practitioner | 45 | 43 | 4 | 1 | 93 |
| Negative cases removed from Register, the notifying practitioner having left district | 19 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 39 |
| Cases removed from Register as " Cured " | 149 | 94 | 127 | 108 | 478 |
| Total ' cases removed from Register | 426 | 263 | 162 | 138 | 989 |
EX-SOLDIERS AND SAILORS SUFFERING
FROM TUBERCULOSIS
Two hundred ex-Service men were under observation
during the year. There were 24 deaths amongst
these, 12 removed from the Borough, and 16 were
removed from the Register as "cured."
Three hundred and ninety-three visits were paid
to these men by the Tuberculosis Health Visitor.
WORK OF TUBERCULOSIS HEALTH VISITOR.
This officer paid 3,562 visits to cases. I am of
opinion that for the adequate performance of these
duties more than one officer is required.