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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1. New cases: Males, 132; Females, 167; Total, 299. | ||
2. Sources through which cases came to the Dispensary:— | ||
Total No. | No. found to be tuberculous | |
Medical Officer of Health | 43 | 17 |
Local practitioners | 84 | 14 |
Transferred from other areas | 31 | 29 |
Metropolitan Hospital | 3 | 1 |
Contacts of notified cases | 132 | 1 |
Other sources | 6 | 6 |
299 | 68 |
3. Diagnosis made in regard to new cases (excluding contacts).
Adults. | Children. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
M. | F. | M. | F. | |
Pulmonary tuberculosis | 25 | 26 | 3 | |
Non-pulmonary | 2 | 5 | 2 | |
Non-tuberculous | 37 | 49 | 5 | 6 |
Doubtful | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
65 | 80 | 11 | 11 |
4. Examination of home contacts:—
Pulmonary tuberculosis | 1 |
Non-pulmonary ,, | 0 |
Non-tuberculous | 130 |
Doubtful | 1 |
132 |