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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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 |