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
Poplar 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
This page requires JavaScript
| Patients sent away for institutional treatment | 234 |
| Patients in receipt of extra-nourishment during year | 84 |
| Patients in receipt of extra-nourishment on December 31st | 45 |
| Reports on child contacts to Divisional School Medical Officer | 104 |
| Letters to General Practitioners concerning patients | 391 |
| Reports to General Practitioners on official forms | 128 |
| Progress reports received from General Practitioners | 48 |
| Clinical reports to London County Council | 563 |
| Reports to Ministry of Pensions | — |
| Shelters on loan during the year | 2 |
| Shelters on loan on December 31st | 2 |
| Beds and bedding on loan during the year Cases | 19 |
| Beds and bedding on loan on December 31st | 12 |
During the year 21 new cases and 18 old cases have attended
Colindale, Grove Park, Victoria Park and St. Andrew's Hospitals for 438
artificial pneumothorax refills. This number shows an increase of 114
over that for 1935, and may possibly continue to increase further.
2 new cases and 2 old cases of Lupus have attended the London
Hospital during the year for 58 applications of Finsen light and 515
applications of general light.
Patients receiving artificial pneumothorax treatment and patients
needing Finsen or general light treatment are treated on the recommendation
of the Tuberculosis Officer, the cost of treatment being charged to the
Borough Council.
During the year 4 tuberculous children and 1 non-tuberculous child
were recommended for admission to Open Air Schools, and 9 children
were recommended for boarding out under the London County Council's
Contact Scheme.
Last year it was reported that the Borough Council had agreed to
co-operate with the Royal College of Physicians in an investigation into
the early stages of Tuberculosis, on behalf of the Prophit Trust. During
1936, 19 contacts were examined at the Dispensary by the Prophit
Scholar, working under the supervision of the Tuberculosis Officer.