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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 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Tuberculosis Dispensaries. 37
Table XX. gives further details of the year's work.
TABLE XX.
| 1. | Number of patients under treatment or supervision (excluding persons under observation or domiciliary treatment) on the 31st December, 1924 | 1110 |
| 2. | Total number of attendances of patients at the Dispensary during the year:— | |
| Insured | 3232 | |
| Uninsured | 3395 | |
| 3. | Number of complete examinations of patients made | 3629 |
| 4. | Number of persons placed during the year under observation for the purpose of diagnosis | 71 |
| 5. | Number of cases in which the period of observation exceeded two months | 51 |
| 6. | Number of insured patients under domiciliary treatment on 31st December, 1924 | 165 |
| 7. | Number of reports received from Insurance Practitioners in respect of insured patients under domiciliary treatment during the year | 70 |
| 8. | Number of persons referred to St. Thomas's Hospital for consultation | 33 |
| 9. | Number of consultations with medical practitioners at the homes of patients:— | |
| Insured | 26 | |
| Uninsured | 43 | |
| 10. | Number of other visits paid by Tuberculosis Officer to the homes of patients | 331 |
| 11. | Number of visits paid by Nurses to the homes of patients | 4914 |
| 12. | Number of specimens of sputum examined | 1789 |
| 13. | Number of written reports made | 4930 |
Table XXI. gives the numbers of new cases living in each
of the five sub-districts, and shows on whose recommendation
they made the first attendance.