Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]
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TABLE 13
Home Care and Treatment | |
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Patients awaiting admission to hospital | Nil |
Patients under treatment in their own homes | 6 |
Patients receiving attention by home nurses | 7 |
Work of Tuberculosis Visitors | |
No. of Tuberculous households visited | 1,029 |
No. of visits to above and to contacts | 8, 340 |
No. of unsuccessful visits | 561 |
Work of Chest Clinic Welfare Officers | |
Patients assisted for the first time with | |
Beds, bedding | 2 |
Clothing, footwear | 20 |
Patients at end of year receiving | |
Extra nourishment | 86 |
Home help | 41 |
Diversional Therapy | |
Patients receiving instruction in their own homes | Nil |
Rehabilitation Hostels | |
Patients in residence at end of year | 1 |
Hostels for homeless infective tuberculous men | |
Patients in residence at end of year | 2 |
Child contacts boarded out during year | 4 |
Child contacts boarded out for segregation during B.C.G. vaccination | - |
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