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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
Holborn 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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Health Visitor.
The total number of visits made by the Tuberculosis Health Visitor was
535. Of these, 68 were first visits.
Number of Cases. The following tables give the number of new cases of tuberculosis notified, and deaths during 1947 of persons notified as suffering from the disease:-
| Age periods | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 0 | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 | _ | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 10 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| — | 1 | — | — | |||||
| 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | - | ||
| — | — | — | — | - | ||||
| - | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | ||
| 8 | - | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 20 | 2 | 6 | — | 1 | ||||
The number of cases on the register at the end of the year was as follows:
| M. | F. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | 82 | 69 |
| Non-Pulmonary | 10 | 12 |
| Total | 92 | 81 |
During the year 33 notified cases of tuberculosis were removed from the
register for various reasons.
Patients Admitted and Discharged from Institutions.
During the year 56 patients were admitted to hospital and 29 to sanatoria.
63 patients were discharged from institutions.
Tuberculosis Care Committee.
The Committee met four times during the year—in January, April, July
and October. 417 cases were reported upon, of which 65 were new cases. The
Secretary's interviews with patients, or relatives, including visits, totalled 868.