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 1972

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

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Table: TABLE 13

TABLE 13

TUBERCULOSIS - CARE AND AFTER CARE
Home Care and Treatment
Patients receiving attention by home nurses2
Work of Tuberculosis Visitors
No. of tuberculous households visited1,140
No. of visits to above and to contacts6,623
No. ofunsuccessful visits499
Children
No.child contacts boarded out during yearNil
No. child contacts boarded out for segregation durinpB. C.G. VaccinationNil

Table: TABLE 14

TABLE 14

MASS RADIOGRAPHY - Unit 6A
Mobile Surveys
No. of factories, sites, etc. visited8
Persons x-rayed - Males1,252
- Females186
- Total1,438
Mo. referred for further investigation29
Toynbee Hall- Weekly session
Persons x-rayed - Males2, 955
- Females2,010
- Total4, 965
No. referred for further investigation124
No. found requiring immediate treatment for tuberculosis9
-do- Clinic supervision20
No. found suffering from lung cancer7

Table: TABLE 15TUBERCULIN TEST 4ND B C G. VACCINATION

TABLE 15

TUBERCULIN TEST 4ND B C G. VACCINATION

ContactsSchoolchildren and StudentsTotal
No. of skin tests2021,5081,710
No. found positive63107170
No. found negative1391,2791,418
No. vaccinated1361,2791,415

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