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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 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn, Metropolitan Borough]

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School Medical Officers are notified so that the examination may be carried out at
the school. Information as to the results of such examinations, whether at the
Dispensary or the schools, is interchanged as necessary.
Prevention of Spitting.
The necessity for the prevention of spitting, with a view to minimising the
spread of tuberculosis, has been emphasised by the issue of warning cards on the
subject. These have been exhibited in the various buildings in the control of the
Council, also in common lodging houses, and in the workrooms of a number of
large firms in the Borough. In addition specially designed opal plates have been
placed on the Council buildings. They ask people not to spit and so prevent
not only tuberculosis, but pneumonia and other diseases the germs of which are
carried in the mouth and nose. It is very conceivable that such a disease as
encephalitis lethargica is spread in this way in towns.
Deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
The number of deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis during the year was
forty-seven, a death rate of 108 per thousand in comparison with 1'03 for 1923.
The following Table shows where the patients died in their own homes or
institutions: —

Table: Showing the number of Patients who died in their own homes and the number who died away from home in Hospitals or other Institutions.

Showing the number of Patients who died in their own homes and the number who died away from home in Hospitals or other Institutions.

0-1-5-10-15-20-25-35-45-55-65-All Age.
Males.Females.Total.
Number of palients who died at home......1......54331171118
Number of patier.ts who died in hospitals, etc................475112...181129
...--1--91181431252247

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Tuberculosis Dispensary.
The following is the Report of the Tuberculosis Officer, J. A. Struthers, M.B.,
B.Ch., M.R.C.P., for the year 1924: —
Number of Cases examined for the first time in 1924:—
Insured. Non-Insured. Children under 15.
Males. Females. Males. Females, Males. Females. Total.
18 17 12 23 15 23 108