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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
Holborn 1925
Report for the year 1925 of the Medical Officer of Health
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| 0- | 1- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 60- | All Ages. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total. | ||||||||||||
| N umber of patients who died at home | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||
| Number of patients who died in hospitals, etc. | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 37 | |||
| 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 30 | 15 | 45 | ||||
Tuberculosis Dispensary.
The following is the Report of the Tuberculosis Officer, J. A. Struthers, M.B.,
B.Ch., M.R.C.P., for the year 1925:—
Number of Patients examined for the first time in 1925:—
| Insured. | Non-Insured. | Children under 15. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Males. | Females, | Males. | Females. | |
| 42 | 25 | 24 | 44 | 32 | 30 | 197 |
Analysis of 197 New Patients in 1925.
| Patients examined. | Found to be suffering from Tuberculosis. | Not suffering from Tuberculosis | Ceased attendance before completion of diagnosis. | Under observation at Dispensary 31st Dec. pending diagnosis. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary | ||||||
| A. All persons including-"Contacts." | Adults | M. 6G | 39 | 24 | 1 | — | |
| „ | F. 69 | 36 | 29 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Children | M. 32 | — | 1 | 31 | — | — | |
| Sunder 15 | F. 30 | 3 | 27 | — | |||
| Total | 197 | 75 | 1 | ||||
| B. "Contacts" included in A. | Adults | M. 8 | _ | _ | 8 | — | — |
| J2 | F. 27 | 1 | b | 25 | — | 1 | |
| Children | M. 28 | — | — | 28 | — | — | |
| under 15 | F. 25 | 25 | |||||
| C. Insured persons included in A. | M. 42 | 25 | 15 | _ | _ | ||
| F. 25 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | ||