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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
Greenwich 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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Return of work carried out in connection with the Maze Hill Tuberculosis Dispensary for the Year 1933.
| DIAGNOSIS. | Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | Total | Grand Total. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | ||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| A.—New Cases examined during the year (excluding contacts):— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 52 | 32 | - | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 57 | 38 | 3 | 5 | 103 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 74 | 71 | 57 | 35 | 237 | |
| B.—Contacts examined during the year:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 30 | 44 | 47 | 51 | 172 |
| C.—Cases written off the Dispensary Register as:— | |||||||||||||
| — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| (b) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 104 | 115 | 104 | 86 | 409 |
| D.—Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on 31st December:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 223 | 189 | 59 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 67 | 37 | 255 | 219 | 126 | 69 | 669 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 |