London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Tower Hamlets 1971

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]

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TABLE 13

TUBERCULOSIS -CARE AND AFTER CARE
Home Care and Treatment Patients receiving attention by home nurses8
Work of Tuberculosis Visitors No. of tuberculous households visited785
No. of visits to above and tocontacts7,709
No. of unsuccessful visits ... ... ...645
Children No. child contacts boarded out during yearNil
No. child contacts boarded out for segregation during B. C. G. vaccinationNil

TABLE 14

Unit 6AUnit 6B *Total
No. of factories, sites, etc. visited81018
persons x-rayed - Males7312,2632,994
- Females3512,0152,366
- Total1,0824,2785,360
No. referred for further investigation452267
Toynbee Hall - persons x-rayed5,102-5,102
- referred for further investigation 154--154
Abnorma lities
Total persons x-rayed6,1844,27810,462
Tuberculosis requiring immediate treatment11-11
Tuberculosis requiring clinic supervision123
Cancer of lung527
Other83790
Active tuberculosis cases discovered---
Per 1, 000 examined * Tanuarv to June only1.9401.94

TABLE 15

TUBERCULIN TEST AND B.C.G. VACCINATION
ContactsSchoolchildren and StudentsTotal
No. of skin tests1411,2641,405
No. found positive5094144
No. found negative911,0271,118
No. vaccinated1051,0271,132