London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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1. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on 1st January 517
2. Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases returned
after discharge under Head .3 in previous years 23
3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring
further assistance under the tuberculosis scheme, and cases
"lost sight of" 87
4. Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes) 53
5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts) 2,617
6. Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the
31st December 17
7. Number of consultations with medical practitioners:—
(а) Personal 19
(b) Other 339
8. Niunber of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to homes (including
personal consultations) 108
9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to homes for
Dispensary purposes 2,790
10. Number of:—
(а) Specimens of sputum, etc., examined 262
(b) X-ray examinations made in connexion with
Dispensary work 768
11. Number of "Recovered" cases restored to Dispensary Register,
and included in A(a) and A(b) above —
12. Number of "T.B. plus" cases on Dispensary Register on
December 31st 267