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 Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE I.
RETURN SHEWING THE RESULTS OF THE EXAMINATION OF PERSONS SENT TO THE DISPENSARY.
Original Cases found Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 71 | |
Contact „ „ „ „ | ||
71 | ||
Original ,, ,, Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 9 | |
Contact „ „ ,, ,, | ||
9 | ||
Original „ ,, Doubtful | 20 | |
Contact „ „ „ | 10 | |
30 | ||
Original „ „ Non-Tubercular | 11 | |
Contact ,, „ „ | 38 | |
49 | ||
Total of new cases | 159 |
TABLE II.
CLASSIFICATION AND DETAILED STATISTICS OF ATTENDANCES, Etc .
Insured Persons Male | Insured Persons Female | Uninsured Persons Male | Uninsured Persons Female | Contacts. | Total | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M | F | ||||||||
I. | U. | I. | U. | ||||||
New patients attending | 49 | 16 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 22 | 155 |
Attendances of old patients | 506 | 188 | 164 | 204 | — | 46 | 6 | 87 | 1,201 |
Patients visited in their homes | 9 | 2 | – | 10 | – | – | — | – | 4 |
Specimens of Sputa examined | 68 | 20 | 11 | 14 | — | 1 | — | 3 | 117 |