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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 1958

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1958

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Table: CHELSEA TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY, BROMPTON HOSPITAL. S.W.3.

CHELSEA TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY, BROMPTON HOSPITAL. S.W.3.

1955195619571958
Population served by Dispensary51,45051,07050,60050,190
Number of notified cases in Borough at end of year425468441431
Number of these who at present do not attend Dispensary1021159696
Total attendances during year2,0801,9841,5941,453
Total new patients seen242149190168
Number of these who were contacts2201069180
Number of contacts found to be tuberculous1-2-
Number of cases newly notified to Medical Officer of Health (i.e. excluding inward transfers)42435152
Number of cases diagnosed as tuberculous (for the first time) at the Dispensary7182026
Number of X-rays1,5781,4171,2501,140
Number of Patients who received "Special treatment" at home during the year333064
Number of Patients given B.C.G.54658075
Number of home visits by medical staff3150251
Number of visits paid by Dispensary Nurse2,1352,0271,7981,627
Number of Clinic Sessions per week2222