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
TUBERCULOSIS -CARE AND AFTER CARE | |
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Home Care and Treatment Patients receiving attention by home nurses | 8 |
Work of Tuberculosis Visitors No. of tuberculous households visited | 785 |
No. of visits to above and tocontacts | 7,709 |
No. of unsuccessful visits ... ... ... | 645 |
Children No. child contacts boarded out during year | Nil |
No. child contacts boarded out for segregation during B. C. G. vaccination | Nil |
TABLE 14
Unit 6A | Unit 6B * | Total | |
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No. of factories, sites, etc. visited | 8 | 10 | 18 |
persons x-rayed - Males | 731 | 2,263 | 2,994 |
- Females | 351 | 2,015 | 2,366 |
- Total | 1,082 | 4,278 | 5,360 |
No. referred for further investigation | 45 | 22 | 67 |
Toynbee Hall - persons x-rayed | 5,102 | 5,102 | |
- referred for further investigatio | n 154 | 154 | |
Abnorma lities | |||
Total persons x-rayed | 6,184 | 4,278 | 10,462 |
Tuberculosis requiring immediate treatment | 11 | - | 11 |
Tuberculosis requiring clinic supervision | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Cancer of lung | 5 | 2 | 7 |
Other | 83 | 7 | 90 |
Active tuberculosis cases discovered | - | - | - |
Per 1, 000 examined * Tanuarv to June only | 1.94 | 0 | 1.94 |
TABLE 15
TUBERCULIN TEST AND B.C.G. VACCINATION | |||
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Contacts | Schoolchildren and Students | Total | |
No. of skin tests | 141 | 1,264 | 1,405 |
No. found positive | 50 | 94 | 144 |
No. found negative | 91 | 1,027 | 1,118 |
No. vaccinated | 105 | 1,027 | 1,132 |