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 Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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40 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
TABLE XXI.
Number of | Under observation at the Dispensary on Jan. 1st pending diagnosis. | Examined for the first time during the year. | Total. | Found to be | Under observation at the Dispensary on Dec. 31st pending diagnosis. | Ceased attendance before completion of diagnosis. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Suffering from Tuberculosis. | Not suffering from Tuberculosis. | |||||||||
Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||||||
(a.) All persons (including "Contacts.") | Adults | M. | 5 | 406 | 411 | 166 | 21 | 214 | 9 | 1 |
F. | 7 | 424 | 431 | 126 | 18 | 266 | 21 | — | ||
Children under 15. | M. | 4 | 257 | 261 | 5 | 21 | 229 | 5 | 1 | |
F. | 5 | 253 | 258 | 6 | 12 | 238 | 2 | — | ||
Total | 21 | 1340 | 1361 | 303 | 72 | 947 | 37 | 2 | ||
(b) "Contacts" (included in (a.)). | Adults | M. | — | 69 | 69 | 3 | — | 66 | — | — |
F. | — | 100 | 100 | 7 | — | 93 | — | — | ||
Children under 15. | M. | — | 113 | 113 | 2 | 1 | 110 | — | — | |
F. | — | 107 | 107 | — | 2 | 105 | — | — | ||
(c.) Insured persons (included in (a)). | M. | 5 | 279 | 284 | 105 | 13 | 158 | 7 | 1 | |
F. | 4 | 175 | 179 | 46 | 11 | 110 | 12 | — |