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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
Stoke Newington 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY Statistical Tables
| 1. New cases: Males, 124; Females, 123; Total, 247. | ||||
| 2. Sources through which cases came to the Dispensary:— | ||||
| Medical Officer of Health | 43 | 10 | ||
| Local practitioners | 89 | 24 | ||
| Transferred from other areas | 23 | 23 | ||
| City of London Hospital | 1 | 1 | ||
| Metropolitan Hospital | 2 | 2 | ||
| Contacts of notified cases | 81 | 2 | ||
| Other sources | 8 | 4 | ||
| 247 | 66 | |||
| 3. Diagnosis made in regard to new cases (excluding contacts). | ||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Pulmonary tuberculosis | 30 | 26 | 1 | — |
| Non-pulmonary | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Non-tuberculous | 34 | 40 | 10 | 14 |
| Doubtful | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| 69 | 70 | 12 | 15 | |
| 4. Examination of home contacts:— | ||||
| Pulmonary tuberculosis | 2 | |||
| Non-pulmonary | — | |||
| Non-tuberculous | 79 | |||
| Doubtful | — | |||
| 81 | ||||
| 5. Bacteriological examinations:— | ||||
| Tubercle bacilli present | 65 | |||
| „ „ absent | 254 | |||
| 319 | ||||