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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
Fulham 1925
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1925
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Table 1. 277 patients were sent to residential institutions on the recommendation of the Dispensary medical officers.
(a) 166 by the london county council
| 93 to Sanatoria. | 9 to Farm Colonies. | 64 to Hospitals or Homes. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | 30 | 9 | 45 |
| Women | 45 | — | 18 |
| Children | 18 | — | 1 |
| 18 to Fulham Hospital. | 23 to Sanatoria or Convalescent Homes. | ||
| Men | 5 | — | |
| Women | 4 | 5 | |
| Children | 9 | 18 | |
(c) 29 children were sent to Convalescent Homes
by the Invalid Children's Aid Association.
(d) 17 by the Charity Organisation Society.
2 women sent to homes for advanced cases.
6 women sent to Convalescent Homes.
9 children boarded out.
(e) 6 by the United Services Fund.
5 men sent to Convalescent Homes.
1 man sent to friends in the country.
(f) 10 children boarded out under the L.C.C.'s
contact scheme.
(g) 8 children sent away through the Children's
Country Holiday Fund.
Advanced Cases.
The available accommodation for advanced cases
of pulmonary tuberculosis is still much below the
requirements and the great majority of these patients
are under treatment in their own homes, some of them
spreading the infection to children and others; as a
result many fresh cases are still being notified and deaths
have occurred which might have been prevented.