[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough] page 79

Tower Hamlets 1971

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

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Table: TABLE 13

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TABLE 13

TUBERCULOSIS -CARE AND AFTER CARE
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: TABLE 14

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TABLE 14

	Unit 6A	Unit 6B *	Total
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

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TUBERCULIN TEST AND B.C.G. VACCINATION
	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