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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

City of Westminster 1917

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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In 1916, new patients, 553.
Total attendances, 1917, 2,352; 1916, 1,380.
1916 patients who were attending in 1917 320
New patients in 1917 718
Individuals who attended during 1917 1,038
Diagnosis in 718 new patients:—
Pulmonary tuberculosis 214
Other forms of tuberculosis 36
Not tuberculous 281
Suspected to be suffering from tuberculosis 187
718
At 2,352 total attendances, complete examinations were made in
1,611 instances.
Visits to homes by T.M.O., 197.
Visits by health visitors to dispensary cases, 2,481.
Written medical reports, 636 : 170 to L.C.C. and London Insurance
Committee; 466 to medical practitioners.
128 specimens of sputum were sent to the dispensary for examination.
5 patients were sent to Westminster Hospital for X-ray diagnosis
or special treatment.