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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 1927
Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1927
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4. The Diagnosis of Contract Cases
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 1 | |
| Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis | 1 | |
| Non-tuberculous | 257 | |
| Doubtful | 3 | |
| Total | 262 | |
| 5. Sputum Examinations. | ||
| Tubercle Bacilli present | 107 | |
| Tubercle Bacilli absent | 600 | |
| Total | 707 | |
| 6. Other Figures. | ||
| Total number of attendances | 3,676 | |
| Systematic examinations at the Dispensary | 2,043 | |
| Number of patients sent to hospital or sanatorium by the L.C.C. | 70 | |
| Number of letters written | 1,474 | |
| Number of visits to patients at their homes | 161 | |
| Number of attendances at:— | ||
| X-ray Department | 124 | |
| * Dental Department | 15 | |
| Sunlight | 98 | |
| Other Department | 28 | |