London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of Westminster 1972
Report of the Medical Officer of Health
This page requires JavaScript
Table 52 — Tuberculosis — Care and After Care
| Paddington Chest Clinic | Marylebone Chest Clinic | Westminster Hospital Chest Clinic | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 1971 | 1972 | 1971 | 1972 | 1971 | |
| T.B. Patients on Register of Chest Clinics at 31st December | 357 | 429 | 428 | 438 | 1,018 | 987 |
| T.B. Visitors — Visits to homes | 1,291 | 1,721 | 931 | 1,026 | — | — |
| After-Care Work (Social Worker): | ||||||
| Number of patients in receipt of extra nourishment at end of year | 5 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 8 |
| Patients assisted for the first time with bed or bedding | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | — |
| Patients assisted for the first time with clothing or footwear | 10 | 22 | — | — | — | — |
| B.C.G. Vaccinations during the year in accordance with City Council scheme | 40 | 80 | 16 | 11 | 38 | 30 |
| Rehabilitation Hostels: | ||||||
| Patients in residence at end of year | _ | - | - | — | 1 | - |
| Hostels for Homeless tuberculous men: | ||||||
| Patients in residence at end of year | — | — | — | — | 14 | 7 |
| Child contacts boarded out during the year | — | — | — | — | — | — |