London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Tower Hamlets 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]
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TABLE 9 TUBERCULOSIS - CARE AND AFTER CARE
| Home care and treatment Patients awaiting admission to hospital | Nil |
| Patients under treatment in their own homes | 1 |
| Patients receiving attention by home nurses | 7 |
| Total home visits (including contacts) by T. B. Health Visitors | 6,049 |
| Work of Chest Clinic Welfare Officers Patients assisted for the first time with Beds, bedding | 7 |
| Clothing, footwear | 39 |
| Patients at end of year receiving Extra nourishment | 114 |
| Home Help | 30 |
| Diversional Therapy Patients receiving instruction in their own homes | 5 |
| Rehabilitation Hostels Patients in residence at end of year | 2 |
| Hostels for homeless infective tuberculous men Patients in residence at end of year | 2 |
| Child contacts boarded out during year | 2 |
| Child contacts boarded out for segregation during BCG vaccination TUBERCULOSIS VISITORS | 9 |
| First visits to tuberculous households | 2,092 |
| Total visits - effective | 5, 421 |
| - unsuccessful | 689 |