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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
Hammersmith 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS Supplementary Annual Return showing in summary form (a) the condition at the end of 1938 of all patients remaining on the Dispensary Register; and (b) the reasons for the removal of all cases written off the Register. The Table is arranged according to the years in which the patients were first entered on the Dispensary Register as definite cases of pulmonary tuberculosis, and their classification at that time.
| Condition at the time of the last cord made during the year to which the return relates | Previous to 1928 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | | 1932 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class T.B. minus | Class T.B. plus | Class T.B. minus | Class T.B. plus | Class T.B. minus | Class T.B. plus | Class T.B. minus | Class T.B. plus | 00 g a ® . 8« | Class T.B. plus | | Class T.B. minus | Class T.B. plu3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Total (Class T.B. plus) | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Total (Class T.B. plus) | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Total (Class T.B. plus) | | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Total (Class T.B. plus) | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Total (Class T.B. plun) | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Total (Class T.B. plus) | |||||||||
| 31st- December. | Disease Adults Arrested children{m. f. | 3 | 1 | 3 | _ | 4 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | 1 | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 2 | _ | 2 | _ | — | _ | _ | _ | |
| 1 | 3 | - | - | 3 | -- | - | 1 | - | -1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 | l | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 4 | |||
| 2 | - | —- | -- | — | - | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | - | — | — | 1 | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | ||||
| Disease not Adults j ^' Arrested children | 5 8 | 8 2 | 5 4 | 3 | 16 6 | — | 4 | - | — | 4 | 2 1 | 5 2 | 2 1 | 2 2 | 9 5 | 4 5 | - | 1 1 | - | 1 1 | 3 4 | 4 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 6 | 2 6 | 5 1 | 3 5 | 1 | 8 7 | ||
| 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | ||||||
| Condition not ascertained during the year | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | --- | - | |
| Total on Dispensary Register at 31st December | 20 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 29 | — | 5 | - | — | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 2 | - | 4 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 20 | ||
| Register and reasons for | Discharged Adults j jjf' as Recovered children ' | 31 | 4 | 5 | _ | 9 | 4 | 4 | _ | _ | 4 | 4 | 2 | _ | _ | 2 | 6 | 2 | _ | 3 | 3 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | 1 | ||
| 35 | 4 | 3 | — | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 6 | 4 | - | — | 4 | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
| 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lost sight of, or otherwise removed from Dispensary | 154 | 43 | 62 | 17 | 122 | 31 | 22 | 21 | 3 | 46 | 31 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 32 | 33 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 36 | 16 | 8 | 27 | 2 | 37 | 16 | 10 | 25 | 3 | 38 | ||
| Dead Adults { jr.' Children | 9 | 11 | 41 | 52 | 104 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 37 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 33 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 12 | 47 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 28 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 38 | ||
| 11 | 7 | ! 16 | 28 | 1 *>* | 6 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 18 | |||
| 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | |||||
| Total written off Dispensary Register | 266 | 69 | 128 | 97 | 294 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 24 | 125 | 60 | 32 | 40 | 17 | 89 | 65 | 36 | 58 | I21 | 115 | 41 | 24 | 59 | 6 | 89 | 32 | 27 | 54 | 16 | 97 | ||
| Grand Totals | 286 | 83 | | 40 | 100 | 323 | 49 | 55 | 51 I | 24 1 | 130 | 66 | 39 | 44 | 21 | 104 | 77 | 38 | 60 | 21 | 119 | 49 | 34 | 64 | 10 | 108 | 43 | 35 | 65 | 17 | |117 | ||
| 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 (a) Remaining on Dispensary Register on 31st December. | Disease Adults { J?-Arrested m-nri ' | 1 * | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| — | 1 | 3 | — | 4 | 1 | — | | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Disease not Adults j if* Arrested Childrenl | 8 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 22 | 4 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 20 | 3 | 28 | 20 | 14 | 25 | 6 | 45 | |||
| 15 1 | 5 | — | 8 1 | 4 4 | 3 | Y | 2 | 12 | 9 2 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 20 | 16 3 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 27 | 15 4 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 29 | 16 6 | 7 — | 22 | 1 | 30 | |||
| Condition not ascertained during the year | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total on Dispensary Register at 31st December | 24 | 8 | 24 | — | 32 | 15 | 8 | 26 | 3 | 37 | 23 | 9 | 29 | 5 | 43 | 33 | 12 | 39 | 5 | 56 | 31 | 13 | 40 | 4 | 57 | 42 | 21 47 ! | 7 | 75 | ||
| | (b) Not now on Dispensary Register and reasons for removal therefrom. | Discharged Adults j as Recovered Chndren' *• | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lost sight of, or otherwise removed from Dispensary | 8 | 7 | 27 | 4 | 38 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 32 | 17 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 34 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 7 | _ | 8 | |
| Dead Adults 1 F.' Children | 7 | 8 | 26 | 11 | 45 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 36 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 34 | _ | 14 | 11 | 25 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | |||||
| 4 | 6 | IS | 8 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| 1 | — | — 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | |||||||||||||||
| Total written off Dispensary Register | 20 | 21 | 1 71 | 23 | 115 | 30 | 20 | 49 | 29 | 98 | 27 | 23 | 52 | 17 | 92 | 17 | 10 | 36 | 16 | 62 | 13 | 1 | 1 23 | 21 | 45 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 25 | ||
| Grand Totals | 44 | 29 | 95 , | 23 | 147 | 45 | 28 | 75 | 32 | 135 | 50 | 32 | | 81 | 22 | 135 | 50 | 22 | 75 | 21 | 118 | 44 i | 14 | 63 ! | 25 | 102 | 49 | 22 | 60 | 18 | 100 | |