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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
Wandsworth 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Table XXII. gives further details of the year's work.
TABLE XXII.
| 1. Number of patients under treatment or supervision (excluding persons under observation or domiciliary treatment) on the 31st December, 1923 | 1228 |
| 2. Total number of attendances of patients at the Dispensary during the year:— | |
| Insured | 3487 |
| Uninsured | 3624 |
| 3. Number of complete examinations of patients made | 3356 |
| 4. Number of persons placed during the year under observation for the purpose of diagnosis | 45 |
| 5. Number of cases in which the period of observation exceeded two months | 32 |
| 6. Number of insured patients under domiciliary treatment on 31st December, 1923 | 544 |
| 7. Number of reports received from Insurance Practitioners in respect of insured patients under domiciliary treatment during the year | 22 |
| 8. Number of persons referred to St. Thomas's Hospital for consultation | 48 |
| 9. Number of consultations with medical practitioners at the homes of patients:— | |
| Insured | 10 |
| Uninsured | 19 |
| 10. Number of other visits paid by Tuberculosis Officer to the homes of patients | 241 |
| 11. Number of visits paid by Nurses to the homes of patients | 5348 |
| 12. Number of specimens of sputum examined | 1720 |
| 13. Number of written reports made | 4516 |
Table XXIII. gives the numbers of new cases living in each
of the five sub-districts, and shows on whose recommendation they
made the first attendance.