London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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44 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Table XXIV. gives further details of the year's work.
TABLE XXIV.
| 1. Number of patients under treatment or supervision (excluding persons under observation or domiciliary treatment) on the 31st December, 1925 | 1272 |
| 2. Total number of attendances of patients at the Dispensary during the year:— Insured | 3058 |
| Uninsured | 3486 |
| 3. Number of complete examinations of patients made | 4034 |
| 4. Number of persons placed during the year under observation at the Dispensary for the purpose of diagnosis | 91 |
| 5. Number of cases in which the period of observation at the Dispensary exceeded two months | 51 |
| 6. Number of insured patients under domiciliary treatment on December 31st | 431 |
| 7. Number of reports received from Insurance Practitioners in respect of insured patients under domiciliary treatment during the year | 87 |
| 8. Number of persons referred to affiliated hospital for consultation | 34 |
| 9. Number of consultations with medical practitioners at the homes of patients:— Insured Uninsured | 39 54 |
| 10. Number of other visits paid by Tuberculosis Officers to the homes of patients | 321 |
| 11. Number of visits paid by Nurses or Health Visitors to the homes of patients for dispensary purposes | 5153 |
| 12. Number of specimens of sputum examined in connection with the work of the Dispensary | 1711 |
| 13. Number of written reports made | 5893 |
Table XXV. gives the numbers of new cases living in each
of the five sub-districts, and shows on whose recommendation
they made their first attendance.