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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 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]

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No. of Notifications:—
Pulmonary168
Non-Pulmonary15
Total183
No. of Sputa examined1,802
No. of Physical examinations2,911
No. of Contacts examined231
No. of Home Visits paid by Doctor409
Bedside consultations included in above172
Consultations otherwise724
No. of Home Visits paid by Nurses3,936
No. of Reports sent to Public Bodies541
No. of Reports sent to Doctors792
No. of Letters written5,677
No. 0f Patients referred to Brompton Hospital11
For X ray169
No. of notified cases on Dispensary Books on 31-12-33809
No. of Patients sent away into institutions or to the country in 1933163

Table: TABLE IX.163 Patients were sent to residential institutions on the recommendation of the Dispensary Medical Officers.

TABLE IX.

163 Patients were sent to residential institutions on the recommendation of the Dispensary Medical Officers.

(a) 121 by the London County Council:—
65 to Sanatoria,2 to Colonies.1 to Convalescent Home.57 to Hospitals.
Men202—31
Women32——17
Children13—15
(6) 20 by the Public Assistance Committee:—
12 to Hospitals.8 to Sanatoria or Convalescent Homes.
Men4—
Women61
Children27