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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
Battersea 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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suitable for Sanatorium treatment proper. In other cases, where
this course appeared desirable, patients were advised to enter
St. James's Hospital pending a vacancy in one of the London
County Council's Institutions.
Number of Dispensary patients who died during 1928 103
Number of Dispensary patients discharged as "cured"
or disease arrested 13
Number of Dispensary patients who ceased to attend 34
Number of Dispensary patients who removed to other
districts (and transferred to the Medical Officer of
Health of the districts concerned) 53
The number of sputum examinations carried out at the Tuberculosis
Dispensary during 1928 was 1,398—282 (20-2 per cent.)
of which were positive. Of the total number of specimens examined
517 were sent by medical practitioners and 383 specimens were
examined for St. James's Hospital.
The number of reports sent to public bodies during 1928 was
1,004. Consultations with medical practitioners at the homes of
their patients and reports on patients sent to the Dispensary
numbered 956.
The number of reports received during the year in respect of insured persons was :—
| (a) Form G. P. 17 | 1 |
| (b) Form G. P. 36 | 157 |
| 175 patients were referred to hospitals, 142 of which were sent to St. Thomas's Hospital for X-ray examinations. | |
| Open Air School. | |
| Accommodation | 125 |
| Number on roll, 31st December, 1928 | 146 |
| Average attendance during 1928 | 123-7 |
| Number admitted during 1928 | 53 |
| Number discharged during 1928 | 48 |
| Reasons for discharge— | |
| (a) Fit for Elementary School | 4 |
| 29 | |
| 9 | |
| 5 | |
| 1 | |
| Gain or loss in weight of children who have been in the school for more than 12 months— | |
| Children who have gained weight | 105 |
| Average gain in kilos. | 3.83 |
| Children who lost weight or whose weight was stationary | Nil |