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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
Chelsea 1921
Annual report for 1921 of the Medical Officer of Health
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The number of new cases of Pulmonary and non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis
visited by the Municipal Tuberculosis Visitor in the course of the
year was 97. The total number of visits paid in respect of all cases of
Tuberculosis and suspected Tuberculosis was 393. The Borough Council
lent beds and bedding to five cases in the course of the year.
Twenty-five new cases of non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis were notified
in 1921. Several cases were helped to obtain proper surgical treatment
in hospitals, and others were sent to country or sea-side convalescent
homes through the agency of the Chelsea Branch of the Invalid Children's
Aid Association.
Four cases of Tuberculosis were certified during the year by the
Tuberculosis Officer as requiring extra nourishment, as part of the medical
treatment, and these cases were supplied at the cost of the Borough
Council (£5 3s. 8d.), with extra foods such as milk, eggs and butter.
Chelsea Tuberculosis Dispensary, Brompton Hospital.
Work done during 1921.
| Number of persons examined for the first time :— | ||
|---|---|---|
| Insured | 140 | |
| Uninsured | 432 | |
| 572 | ||
| Number of persons suffering from :— | ||
| Tuberculosis | 55, or 10 per cent. | |
| Doubtful diagnosis | 51, or 9 per cent. | |
| Not Tuberculosis | 466, or 81 per cent. | |
| 572 | ||
| Total attendance at Dispensary :— | ||
| Insured | 897 | |
| Uninsured | 2313 | |
| 3210 | ||
| Visits to homes of patients by Medical Officer:— | ||
| Insured | 18 | |
| Uninsured | 17 | |
| 35 | ||
| Visits to homes of patients by Dispensary Nurses:— | ||
| Insured | 657 | |
| Uninsured | 2624 | |
| 3281 | ||
| Number of written reports concerning individual patients made to:— | ||
| Public Authorities | 248 | |
| Practitioners | 168 | |
| 416 |