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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 1938

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

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(b) 4 by the Public Assistance Committee :—
1 Child to Hospital.
1 Child to Convalescent Home.
2 Children placed whilst parents in Hospital.
13 Children sent to Convalescent Homes by the Invalid Children's Aid Association.
6 Children boarded out under the Contact Scheme.
3 Children went away through the Children's Country Holiday Scheme.
40 Children went to St. Mary's Camp.
1 Woman convalesced by the Charity Organisation Society.
1 Child convalesced by the Charity Organisation Society.
1 Woman and 2 Children sent to relatives by the Charity Organisation Society.
2 Men sent away by the United Services' Fund.

Table: TABLE 37 DISPENSARY STATISTICS, 1918—1938

TABLE 37 DISPENSARY STATISTICS, 1918—1938

Year.New Patients.Attendances at Dispensary.Doctors' Home Visits.Nurses' Home Visits.
Sufferingfrom Pulmonary Tuberculosis.Suffering from other forms of Tuberculosis.DoubtfulCases.Non-TuberculousCases.Insured.Uninsured.
1918235142014781,2238,4651,4352,317
1919221502512811,4448,1161,7244,043
1920142372393421,8506,7132,0044,989
1921116231633442,0745,3872,2175,640
192215535133882,5073,7031,2645,447
192313270244012,2883,2615524,603
192414265324432,1333,6195494,775
192516244464141,9563,4056055,421
192618353373181,7412,8764815,355
192714356144311,6122,6665925,422
192816042264901,5482,4485714,989
192915848234361,4111,8345215,272
19301542574071,5581,5454274,532
19311592074221,4441,6252924,156
19321433573801,3291,5212914,125
193316114-3311,3121,9164093,936
19341722563381,2652,2624353,895
193514421123281,2321,8714483,857
193615811183861,1642,3214263,655
19371521843781,2232,2544663,959
193817718123981,3102,2074753,918

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TABLE 40
New Cases—Diagnosis.
New Cases.
Pulmonary
Tuberculosis.
Other
Forms.
Suspects.
NonTubercular.
Percentage
Tubercular.
295 Males
99
8
6
182
36.27
310 Females
78
10
6
216
28.38
605 Both Sexes
177
18
12
398
32.23