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 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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tact with a tuberculous patient but none was found to have
tuberculous disease. Of these contacts 46 were given BCG.
Thirty-one children were referred to us because they were
found to have a positive tuberculin test at school but none of
these had evidence of tuberculous disease.
A total of 5,786 patients attended the clinic. These patients
included various chest conditions such as bronchitis, asthma and
carcinoma, and healed tuberculosis who were being kept under
observation.
Supportive and financial help was given to many patients as
before.
Unfortunately at present we are without an Occupational
Therapist, a service which is greatly missed by many of our
handicapped patients."
Woolwich and Brook Chest Clinic
I am also indebted to Dr. A. MacManus, Consultant Physician
at the Woolwich and Brook Chest Clinics for the following
Report on her activities at her establishment during the current
year:
"There was an increase in the number of new cases of pulmonary tuberculosis notified during the year. The figures for 1970 are given in brackets.
| NEW NOTIFICATIONS | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Boys | Girls | 1971 | |
| Pulmonary | 20 | 10 | 1 | 33 (22) | |
| Non-pulmonary | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 (4) |
| NUMBER ON TUBERCULOSIS REGISTER 31.12.71 | |||||
| Pulmonary | 355 | 268 | 10 | 639 (622) | |
| Non-pulmonary | 25 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 55 (50) |
| TRANSFERS INTO BOROUGH | |||||
| 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 (11) | |