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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY Statistical Tables
| Total No. | No. found to be tuberculous | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical Officer of Health | 53 | 16 | ||
| Local practitioners | 82 | 16 | ||
| Transferred from other areas | 24 | 21 | ||
| London Chest Hospital | 1 | 1 | ||
| Metropolitan Hospital | 1 | 1 | ||
| Contacts of notified cases | 106 | 1 | ||
| Other sources | 4 | 2 | ||
| 271 | 58 | |||
| 3. Diagnosis made in regard to new cases (excluding contacts | ||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Pulmonary tuberculosis | 30 | 14 | 4 | 0 |
| Non-pulmonary | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| N on-tuberc ulous | 47 | 42 | 3 | 10 |
| Doubtful | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | 61 | 10 | 11 | |
| 4. Examination of home contacts :— | ||||
| Pulmonary tuberculosis | 1 | |||
| Non-pulmonary | 0 | |||
| Non-tuberculous | 11)6 | |||
| Doubtful | 0 | |||
| 107 | ||||
| 5. Bacteriological examinations :— | ||||
| Tubercle bacilli present | b2 | |||
| „ absent | 243 | |||
| 305 | ||||